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[St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, lit up at night] – Antique Wall Art

[St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, lit up at night], c1912. — historic photograph
[St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, lit up at night], c1912.. 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 historic photograph of [St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, lit up at night] brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few churches in the city look as striking after dark as St. Patrick's Cathedral does here, its pale marble spires lit against the night sky. Designed by James Renwick Jr. in the Gothic Revival style, the cathedral on Fifth Avenue was dedicated in 1879, and by the 1910s it had become one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. Night views like this were still unusual around 1912, when electric lighting was beginning to change how New York's buildings appeared after sunset.

Created / publishedc1912.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo copyright renewals. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Churches; Lighting; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,222 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149189

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