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[Twenty-Third Street ferry terminals, New York, N.Y.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Twenty-Third Street ferry terminals, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Twenty-Third Street ferry terminals, New York, 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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[Twenty-Third Street ferry terminals, New York, N.Y.]

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The lettering "Erie" and "Lackawanna" on the terminal buildings at right marks this as a working waterfront on the Hudson, where railroad companies ran ferries carrying passengers and freight between Manhattan and New Jersey, where trains continued west. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made many views of American cities and landmarks in the early 1900s, produced this large 8 x 10 inch glass negative, and its detail shows the ferry slips and the crowded, industrial edge of the city. Such images record how much of New York's commerce once moved by water before tunnels and bridges took over that work.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Erie" and "Lackawanna" on terminals at right. "H 477" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036470. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsMarine terminals.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67946

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