Railroad cars on 11th Ave., New York City – Antique Print
(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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Railroad cars on 11th Ave., New York City comes to life in this historic photograph, 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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Railroad cars on 11th Ave., New York City
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Railroad cars on 11th Avenue set this view apart from other rail scenes, because freight trains once ran at street level down this stretch of Manhattan's Far West Side, earning the avenue the nickname Death Avenue. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early 1900s. The record gives no firm date, and its title is noted as unverified, so the exact year is uncertain. The scene shows a time when tracks and city traffic shared the same ground, a arrangement later replaced by the elevated High Line in the 1930s.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,192 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4125 |
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