City of New York-Showing the building of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States: No. 120 Broadway – Antique Photo Print
![City of New York-Showing the building of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States: No. 120 Broadway, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1883. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/86/868768e0e1cc-L.webp)
(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 antique lithograph captures City of New York-Showing the building of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States: No. 120 Broadway in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Lower Broadway at No. 120 was home to the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the subject of this 1883 Currier & Ives lithograph. The insurer, a mutual company founded in 1859, occupied an office block designed by George B. Post and completed in 1870, which was noted for its fireproof construction and for passenger elevators that made upper floors practical for offices. Currier & Ives, the New York firm known for its popular views of American life, issued the print as part of its "City of New York" series of commercial buildings.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1883. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1228. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,041 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175444 |
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