Best and Co. Bldg., 5th Av. and 35th St. – Vintage 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Best and Co. Bldg., 5th Av. and 35th St.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Best and Co. Bldg., 5th Av. and 35th St.
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At Fifth Avenue and 35th Street, the Best & Co. store anchored a busy stretch of Manhattan's most fashionable shopping thoroughfare. Photographer Irving Underhill captured the scene around 1917, when double-decker motor buses were becoming a common sight on the avenue. By then Fifth Avenue had grown into a premier retail boulevard, and the display windows in the picture were designed to draw in pedestrians and passengers alike. The photograph documents both the store's street frontage and the transition from older street life to motor traffic in the 1910s.
| Created / published | c1917. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J222807 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. No. C 11504. |
| Subjects | Buildings--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Stores & shops--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Double-decker buses--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Window displays--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,826 × 4,672 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220058 |
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