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Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York, N.Y. – Antique Photo Print

Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York, N.Y., [between 1909 and 1920] — historic photograph
Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York, N.Y., [between 1909 and 1920]. 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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Step back in time with Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Rising above Madison Square, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building was finished in 1909 and, at 700 feet, briefly held the title of world's tallest building until the Woolworth Building surpassed it in 1913. Its clock tower was modeled on the Campanile of St. Mark's in Venice, and the park beside it was a busy gathering spot in the city's core. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative came from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American cities and landscapes in the early twentieth century.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 6331" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071385. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks. Insurance. Office buildings. Skyscrapers.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan798 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72733

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