Madison Square, New York – Antique 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 print of Madison Square, New York. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Madison Square, New York
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Children at play and the Madison Square Garden complex are the two subjects the record names for this view of the square, dated to about 1901. The print comes from a Detroit Publishing Co. album that was assembled as a catalog for the company's office. Its photochrom process, developed in Switzerland, layered several lithographic stones over a photographic base to build color, which gives these scenes their soft, painted look. The Garden, designed by Stanford White and opened in 1890, made the square one of the busiest corners of the city at the time.
| Created / published | c1901. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53677. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y. : 1890-1925) Parks. Children. Social & civic facilities.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,126 × 1,432 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216925 |
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