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Bronx Terminal Market – Antique Print

Bronx Terminal Market — historic image
Bronx Terminal Market. Historic image from the Barns & Farms collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Step back in time with Bronx Terminal Market, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Bronx Terminal Market

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The Bronx Terminal Market was one of the largest wholesale produce hubs on the East Coast, a sprawling complex of warehouses and loading docks where growers' trucks and rail cars delivered fruit, vegetables and other perishables for distribution across New York City. Markets like this one were the working core of the city's food supply, with buyers, brokers and porters moving goods through the early morning hours before retail stores opened. The scene reflects the rhythm of that trade, when stacked crates and bustling traffic defined the waterfront district. It is worth noticing how the market's layout and mechanized handling changed over the decades as trucking and refrigeration reshaped food distribution.

Original scan3,669 × 2,937 px · prints to 12 × 10 in at 300 dpi
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