Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City – Antique Photo 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 Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City
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The Western Union Telegraph Building at 195 Broadway, in Lower Manhattan, is the subject here, shown as it appeared around 1888. Western Union was the dominant telegraph company in the United States, and its headquarters was a visible sign of how quickly messages moved through the city's financial district, where brokers and merchants relied on wire service for news and prices. Built in the mid-1870s to designs by architect George B. Post, the building was among the larger commercial structures of its day. This is a photo-engraving, a printed reproduction made from a photograph, so its tones and fine detail reflect the printing process as well as the camera.
| Created / published | c1888. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo-engraving copyrighted by A. Rossman. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Western Union; Publ. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 994 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148505 |
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