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Elevated railroad at 110th St., N.Y. / A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

Elevated railroad at 110th St., N.Y. / A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y., c1904. — historic photograph
Elevated railroad at 110th St., N.Y. / A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y., c1904.. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots 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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The view looks up at the elevated structure along 110th Street in Manhattan, where the steel trestle carried trains above the street and its traffic. Photographer A. Loeffler, identified in the record as being of Tompkinsville on Staten Island, made the print around 1904 and numbered it 170 in his series. New York's elevated railways, first built in the 1870s, were among the city's most visible transit innovations, lifting rail service above crowded avenues and changing how residents moved between uptown and downtown neighborhoods.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesNo. 170.
SubjectsElevated railroads--New York (State)--New York--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,112 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167196

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