New York Public Library, 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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This rare historic photograph captures New York Public Library, New York in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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New York Public Library, New York
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Before the New York Public Library's main building opened on Fifth Avenue, the site at 42nd Street was the former Croton Reservoir, and this c1908 view records the surrounding streets as the building was going up. The Detroit Publishing Company made the image on a glass dry plate negative, part of a large effort to document American cities at the turn of the century. The library was designed by Carrère and Hastings in the Beaux-Arts style and opened in 1911. Its stone lions, Patience and Fortitude, were installed a few years after the building opened.
| Created / published | c1908. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 3.5 x 5.5 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. no. P 81. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Libraries. Streets.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,814 × 3,800 px · prints to 19 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77429 |
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