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[New York City: American Express Bldg. & Broadway north] – Historic Reproduction

[New York City: American Express Bldg. & Broadway north], c1916. — historic photograph
[New York City: American Express Bldg. & Broadway north], c1916.. 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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Looking north up Broadway from the American Express building, this c1916 view centers on one of the most important commercial corridors in lower Manhattan. Caption notes tag the picture with geography, churches, and hotels, which suggests the street was lined with the mix of offices, houses of worship, and lodgings typical of the area in the 1910s. The photograph is credited to Irving Underhill, and its details come from an older caption card that has not been independently verified, so the exact vantage point and date are best treated as approximate.

Created / publishedc1916.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. C11181. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Churches; Hotels.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,230 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147779

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