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[Commercial Street next to Lafayette Square, Buffalo, N.Y.] – Antique Photo Print

[Commercial Street next to Lafayette Square, Buffalo, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Commercial Street next to Lafayette Square, Buffalo, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Buffalo 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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Step back in time with [Commercial Street next to Lafayette Square, Buffalo, N.Y.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Commercial Street next to Lafayette Square, Buffalo, N.Y.]

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Commercial Street runs alongside Lafayette Square in downtown Buffalo, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument stands at the far right edge of this view. The Detroit Publishing Company made the glass negative sometime between 1900 and 1915, during the period when the firm was documenting American cities and scenery on a wide scale. The square was a civic gathering place, and the monument honoring Union veterans gave it a formal focal point. The cataloger supplied the title, so the street's exact boundaries in the frame are worth checking against the plate itself.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. G 161" on negative. Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at far right. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 031560. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCommercial facilities. Streets. Plazas.United States--New York (State)--Buffalo.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 706 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76873

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