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Building the great steel-framed skyscrapers - working high above the street, New York City – Vintage Wall Art

Building the great steel-framed skyscrapers - working high above the street, New York City, c1906. — historic photograph
Building the great steel-framed skyscrapers - working high above the street, New York City, c1906.. 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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Building the great steel-framed skyscrapers - working high above the street, New York City comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Building the great steel-framed skyscrapers - working high above the street, New York City

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Stereo card No. 8346, issued by Underwood & Underwood, uses two slightly offset views so that men working on a steel frame appear to hang above the street when seen through a stereoscope. Around 1906, New York was rising quickly on steel skeletons, a method that let builders carry floors on a riveted framework instead of thick masonry walls. Ironworkers and riveters did much of this dangerous work high in the air, and the card conveys the scale of that effort. Underwood & Underwood sold such cards in large numbers to home viewers who wanted to see the growing city.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 8346. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--1906; Photog. I.; NY--NYC--Buildings; Industry--Construction; Skyscrapers; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,524 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143442

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