Astor residence, 5th Ave., New York City – Antique Print
(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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Astor residence, 5th Ave., New York City comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Astor residence, 5th Ave., New York City
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The Astor name on this Fifth Avenue print points to one of the family's grand town houses, part of a row of mansions that made the avenue the center of New York's wealthiest society by the 1890s. Around that time, William Waldorf Astor's properties near 33rd and 34th streets, including the hotels that later became the Waldorf-Astoria, drew a great deal of attention, and the street was lined with the homes of the city's most prominent families. The photograph is attributed to J.S. Johnston of New York, a studio that issued numbered street and building views, though the caption card's details are unverified.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint copyrighted by J.S. Johnston, New York. No. 17. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--1899; NY--NYC--STREETS; NY--NYC--Houses; Geogr.; BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,202 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155861 |
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