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[Close-up of building facade showing lintel inscribed with The New York World"]" – Historic Photograph Print

[Close-up of building facade showing lintel inscribed with The New York World"]", 1954 Dec 30. — historic photograph
[Close-up of building facade showing lintel inscribed with The New York World"]", 1954 Dec 30.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Close-up of building facade showing lintel inscribed with The New York World"]" in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A carved lintel bearing the words "The New York World" is the focus of this 1954 close-up, which shows the stone above a building entrance rather than the street scene around it. The name points to Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, which was based in lower Manhattan's Park Row for decades and was known for its powerful, crusading journalism. The World merged into the New York World-Telegram in 1931, so by the mid-1950s the inscription survived as a reminder of an older newspaper era. The photograph comes from the New York World-Telegram and the Sun newspaper collection, a set of press images used by reporters and editors.

Created / published1954 Dec 30.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1950-1960.
NotesNew York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.
SubjectsLintels--New York (State)--New York--1950-1960.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,236 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-190156

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