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[Court of tenement, New York City] – Antique Wall Art

[Court of tenement, New York City], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Court of tenement, New York City], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Court of tenement, New York City] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A narrow courtyard inside a New York City tenement is the subject of this 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative, one of the Detroit Publishing Company's views made roughly between 1900 and 1910. Such courtyards were the only open space for many crowded buildings, serving as light wells, drainage points and shared yards, and they drew attention from housing reformers who pressed for better air and sanitation. The Detroit Publishing Company sold views of American cities and landscapes, so this plate offers a record of how working-class housing looked in the city during those years.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043298. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsCourtyards. Tenement houses.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan819 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70226

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