N.Y.C. accumulating food West. St. – Vintage 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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Step back in time with N.Y.C. accumulating food West. St., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The record places this view on West Street, the Manhattan waterfront road along the Hudson River, where piers and warehouses handled much of the city's incoming freight. The title describes food accumulating there, which suggests provisions stacked or stored while awaiting distribution. The record gives no date, but the Bain News Service, the New York photo agency behind this collection, worked roughly from the early 1900s through the 1920s, so the negative likely falls within that span. The title comes from unverified notes, so the scene is worth reading with some caution.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,817 × 4,242 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-23870 |
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