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New York Public Library, New York, N.Y. – Antique Print

New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., c[between 1910 and 1915] — historic photograph
New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., c[between 1910 and 1915]. 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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The New York Public Library's main building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street was still new when this pair of 8 by 10 inch glass negatives was made. Its Beaux-Arts design by Carrère and Hastings opened to the public in 1911 and quickly became one of the city's proudest civic landmarks. The two plates are close variants of the same view, and one is marked as a duplicate, which suggests the company wanted a spare copy of a scene it considered worth keeping. The Detroit Publishing Company made many large-format views of American cities in these years.

Created / publishedc[between 1910 and 1915]
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegatives are close variants. G 4855" and "dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070675. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLibraries. Streets.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72242

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