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[Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at Fifty-ninth Street, New York, N.Y.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at Fifty-ninth Street, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at Fifty-ninth Street, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at Fifty-ninth Street, New York, N.Y.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at Fifty-ninth Street, New York, N.Y.]

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Set at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street, facing the newly developed Grand Army Plaza, the Plaza Hotel was one of the city's most fashionable addresses when this negative was made. Henry J. Hardenbergh designed the hotel, which opened in 1907, and its limestone façade and mansard roofs became a landmark of Edwardian luxury. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this glass negative, photographed American cities and scenery for a national market, so the picture also shows the avenue in the years when horse-drawn carriages still shared the street with motor cars. The title was supplied by a cataloger, not taken from an original caption.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 068453. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsHotels.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan713 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76975

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