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The City Hall and Park, New York – Antique Wall Art

The City Hall and Park, New York, c1900. — historic photograph
The City Hall and Park, New York, c1900.. 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: The City Hall and Park, New York, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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City Hall and its park sit at the foot of Broadway in lower Manhattan, and few civic buildings in New York have been at the center of city life for as long. Completed in 1812 in a restrained Federal style, the building has housed the mayor's office and city government ever since, while the park around it became a gathering place for rallies, protests, and public ceremonies. This view was made by the Detroit Publishing Company around 1900 as a cyanotype, a blue-toned contact print from a large negative that preserves fine detail across the wide frame.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype ; image 25.4 x 43.6 cm.
GenreMammoth plates.Cyanotypes.
NotesDetroit Photographic Co." Copyright deposit no. D13467. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0571. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCity & town halls. Parks.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 589 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-80310

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