GE Schenectady Works, New York, 1907 – Vintage Wall Art
(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: GE Schenectady Works, New York, 1907, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: [General Electric Company, Schenectady Works]
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GE Schenectady Works, New York, 1907
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Schenectady, New York, in 1907 was a city built around the General Electric Company's Schenectady Works, the sprawling plant on the city's east side where the company made generators, motors, and electrical apparatus for the growing power and railway trade. GE had formed in 1892 from the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston, and the Schenectady factory was among its largest and most important sites, drawing thousands of workers and shaping the city's population and neighborhoods. Electric lighting, streetcars, and interurban lines were spreading across the state in these years, and the works stood at the center of that expansion. Residents of the city knew it as the place where much of the nation's electrical equipment was built, and the plant's whistles and shifts set the rhythm of daily life for many families.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | pictorial news co., general electric company |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,214 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [General Electric Company, Schenectady Works] |
| Reference | NY 1907 GE Schenectady Works |
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