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[New York Central Railroad station, Albany, N.Y.] – Historic Reproduction

[New York Central Railroad station, Albany, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[New York Central Railroad station, Albany, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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[New York Central Railroad station, Albany, N.Y.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few American rail lines mattered more in the early 1900s than the New York Central, which carried passengers along the Hudson River between New York City and Buffalo, and Albany, the state capital, was one of its key stops. This view of the Albany station comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed towns, rail lines, and resorts across the country around 1900 to 1910 and sold the views as souvenirs and promotional material. The image was made on an 8 by 10 inch glass plate, a large format that captured fine detail in the building's facade and the surrounding street. The negative's catalog marks show how the company tracked its work, and the plate later entered the Library of Congress collection by way of a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 4401" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034797. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRailroad stations.United States--New York (State)--Albany.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67607

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