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Lower Broadway, a canyon" through sky-scrapers New York City" – Vintage Print

Lower Broadway, a canyon" through sky-scrapers New York City", c1904. — stereograph
Lower Broadway, a canyon" through sky-scrapers New York City", c1904.. Stereograph from the New York City collection.

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This rare stereograph captures Lower Broadway, a canyon" through sky-scrapers New York City" in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Lower Broadway, the stretch of Manhattan's main avenue that runs through the financial district, is the setting here, and the title's "canyon" comparison fits the view of office towers closing in over the street. William H. Rau, a Philadelphia photographer who published large numbers of stereoscopic views, made this card around 1904. Its two slightly offset images were meant to be seen together in a stereoscope, which gave viewers a sense of depth and made the crowded city feel close at hand. Cards like this sold as parlor entertainment and as a window onto the modern American city.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsH41378 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau. No. 5607.
Original scan1,536 × 732 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167851

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