The City Hall, New York City – Vintage Print
![The City Hall, New York City, [ca. 1900] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d3/d3d142e58d89-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
The City Hall, New York City comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The City Hall, New York City
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Completed in 1812 in City Hall Park at the lower end of Manhattan, this building has served as the seat of city government for more than two centuries. Its Federal-style design, credited to Joseph-François Mangin and John McComb Jr., gives it a restrained, symmetrical elegance that suits a color view. The picture is a photochrom, a process that printed photographs in color from lithographic stones, and it belongs to a numbered series by the Detroit Publishing Co. made around 1900. The company assembled such albums partly as a catalog for its own office, so the view reflects how it presented the city to customers.
| Created / published | [ca. 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53571. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | New York City Hall (New York, N.Y.) City & town halls.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,638 × 3,787 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220439 |
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