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New Pennsylvania Station, New York, N.Y. – Historic Print

New Pennsylvania Station, New York, N.Y., [between 1904 and 1920] — historic photograph
New Pennsylvania Station, New York, N.Y., [between 1904 and 1920]. 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 New Pennsylvania Station, New York, N.Y. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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New Pennsylvania Station was the Beaux-Arts rail hall that McKim, Mead & White designed for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and it opened in 1910 in Midtown Manhattan. These two 8 by 10 inch glass negatives from the Detroit Publishing Company, dated between 1904 and 1920, show the project while construction was still underway, which is why the record lists the construction industry as a subject. The company's photographers traveled widely and sold their views as commercial prints. The station was demolished in the early 1960s, so these plates now preserve a landmark that no longer stands.

Created / published[between 1904 and 1920]
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegatives are close variants. G 6592" on A negative; "G 6593" and "dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071423. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.) Railroad stations. Construction industry.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72772

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