Mid-New York skyline, 1931 – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Mid-New York skyline, 1931 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Mid-New York skyline
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Mid-New York skyline, 1931
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Few panoramas of Midtown Manhattan show the skyline as a single unbroken sweep, so this one rewards a slow look from left to right. Black-and-white views like this were common in the mid-20th century, when the city's towers were still a fresh symbol of American industry and ambition. Photographers of the era often used wide-format cameras or stitched several exposures together to capture the density of buildings packed along the island's core. Look closely at the rooftops and the spaces between them, which reveal how tightly the city had grown by then.
| Created / published | 1931 |
|---|---|
| Creator | frange, wm. (william) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,141 × 1,566 px · prints to 17 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Mid-New York skyline |
| Reference | NY 1931 Mid-New York skyline |
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