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[Traffic at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, New York, N.Y.] – Vintage Photo Print

[Traffic at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Traffic at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, New York, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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Fifth Avenue at Forty-second Street was one of the busiest crossings in New York in the early 1900s, and this 8 x 10 inch glass negative likely records the mix of horse-drawn vehicles, streetcars and pedestrians that filled it. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made the picture, produced views like this for a national audience eager to see American cities, many sold as postcards and color prints. Nearby, the New York Public Library's Beaux-Arts building was going up on its site during these years, reshaping the block. Street scenes from this period offer a detailed record of how the city moved before the automobile came to dominate its avenues.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. H 168" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036478. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Commercial facilities.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67954

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