Railroad tracks on 11th Ave., New York City – Vintage 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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Railroad tracks on 11th Ave., New York City
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Tracks running along 11th Avenue on Manhattan's Far West Side point to the street-level freight line that once ran down the avenue, a route so dangerous that it earned the nickname "Death Avenue." Trains moved through the city's west side on tracks shared with trucks, wagons, and pedestrians until the elevated West Side line, now known as the High Line, was built in the 1930s to lift freight off the streets. The Bain News Service, which produced this glass negative, was a commercial picture agency that documented New York street life and industry in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, so the exact year of the view is unconfirmed.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,741 × 4,198 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4129 |
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