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[Times Building, New York, N.Y.] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Times Building, New York, N.Y.], c1908. — historic photograph
[Times Building, New York, N.Y.], c1908.. 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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[Times Building, New York, N.Y.]

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The flag reading "Times" marks this as the newspaper's headquarters at the tower on Longacre Square, which the New York Times occupied in 1904 and which gave the intersection its new name, Times Square. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its color and black-and-white views of American cities and landscapes, photographed it around 1908 on a 5 by 3.5 inch glass plate. The picture captures the tower in the years when Times Square was emerging as a center of theaters, streetcars, and electric signage, and it is worth noticing how the newspaper's name on the flag announced the building's role in the neighborhood.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5.5 x 3.5 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Times" on flag. Detroit Publishing Co. no. P 93. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOffice buildings. Newspaper industry.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan640 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77441

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