Fifth Av. north from 40 St. – Antique Wall Art
(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 Av. north from 40 St. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fifth Av. north from 40 St.
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Looking north up Fifth Avenue from 40th Street, this c1919 view places the New York Public Library's Beaux-Arts main building in the middle distance, where the avenue meets 42nd Street. Designed by Carrère and Hastings and opened in 1911, the library was one of the city's most prominent new civic buildings, and its marble facade and stone lions at the entrance became well-known landmarks. The photograph is by Irving Underhill, a New York photographer whose street scenes were registered for copyright, and it shows the avenue in the years just after the library opened.
| Created / published | c1919. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Cityscape photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J236911 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. No. C13433. |
| Subjects | New York Public Library--Buildings--1910-1920. Commercial streets--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,128 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170555 |
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