New York City, 1900 – Vintage Photo Print
(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 image of New York City, 1900 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: [New York City, 1900]
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New York City, 1900
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This panorama stands out for its wide, unbroken view of the water's edge, a format that let photographers capture a whole stretch of shoreline at once rather than a single building or street. Around 1900, New York's waterfront was a dense working edge of piers, ferry slips, and steamships, and the skyline behind them was a mix of church steeples and newer commercial buildings rising as the city grew. Panoramic prints like this were popular then for documenting how fast the port and the city were changing. Looking across the scene, you can see how the activity along the docks and the outline of the buildings behind them together show the city's commercial energy at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | 1900 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. p. hall & son |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,294 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [New York City, 1900] |
| Reference | NY New York City, 1900 |
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