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Merchant's Exchange, New York – Vintage Wall Art

Merchant's Exchange, New York, c1837 June 8. — historic print
Merchant's Exchange, New York, c1837 June 8.. Historic print 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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A window into the past: Merchant's Exchange, New York, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The Merchant's Exchange on Wall Street was among the most prominent commercial buildings in lower Manhattan when this print was made, the business heart of a city then growing fast on shipping and trade. The record dates the image to about 1837, a year of financial panic that hit New York merchants hard, so the building would have stood at the center of anxious talk about credit and cargoes. The card catalog attached to the print also names J.H. Bufford, a Boston lithographic printer, though that attribution is unverified and should be read with caution. Viewers today can compare the scene's crowded street and dense masonry with the city's later skyline.

Created / publishedc1837 June 8.
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford's (J.H.).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,141 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-109221

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