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Flat-iron [i.e. Flatiron Building] corner after snow storm, New York – Antique Photo Print

Flat-iron [i.e. Flatiron Building] corner after snow storm, New York, c1905. — historic photograph
Flat-iron [i.e. Flatiron Building] corner after snow storm, New York, c1905.. 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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A window into the past: Flat-iron [i.e. Flatiron Building] corner after snow storm, New York, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Flat-iron [i.e. Flatiron Building] corner after snow storm, New York

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This view turns the camera on the Flatiron Building at the point where Broadway and Fifth Avenue meet at 23rd Street, its wedge-shaped prow sharp against the snowy street. Daniel Burnham's steel-framed tower had been completed in 1902 and was among the city's first skyscrapers, so its odd triangular footprint drew crowds of onlookers and photographers. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this large 8 x 10 inch glass negative around 1905, sold views of American cities and landmarks, and its record of Manhattan's newest towers in winter weather shows how the district looked just after the turn of the century.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 018111. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsOffice buildings. Skyscrapers. Snow.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan810 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61706

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