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[Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.] – Historic Reproduction

[Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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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[Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A sign on the building at left reading "Cawstan's Ostrich Farm" sets this view apart from the other Fifth Avenue street scenes in the collection. Ostrich plumes were a prized fashion item in the early twentieth century, and shops like this one sold feathers and trimmings for hats and gowns to well-off shoppers along the avenue. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made the picture sometime between about 1900 and 1915, sent photographers across the country to record cities and streets, often for picture postcards and souvenir books. The title was supplied by a cataloger, so the sign on the building is the best guide to what the street looked like then.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Cawstan's Ostrich Farm" on building at left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 031631. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Commercial facilities.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 709 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76888

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