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West Street [along pier 10, showing Metropolitan Steamship Co.], New York City – Historic Photograph Print

West Street [along pier 10, showing Metropolitan Steamship Co.], New York City, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
West Street [along pier 10, showing Metropolitan Steamship Co.], New York City, [no date recorded on caption card]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures West Street [along pier 10, showing Metropolitan Steamship Co.], New York City in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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West Street [along pier 10, showing Metropolitan Steamship Co.], New York City

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This view of West Street runs along Pier 10, where the Metropolitan Steamship Company docked its vessels on Manhattan's Hudson River waterfront. West Street was the busy roadway that carried freight wagons and dockworkers past the piers, so the scene shows the city's working edge rather than its skyline. The record does not give a date, but the Wittemann Collection is known for commercial photographs of ships and harbor life, which makes the picture useful for studying how the port operated.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesWittemann Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Piers.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,144 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157559

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