Tearing down Astor house – 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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Tearing down Astor house
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The Astor House stood at Broadway and Vesey Street in lower Manhattan and was one of the city's best-known hotels after it opened in 1836. This glass negative documents its demolition, a reminder of how quickly downtown New York changed in the early twentieth century as newer commercial buildings replaced older landmarks. The record gives no date, but the Bain News Service, the press photo agency that produced the negative, was working in New York during those years. The subject alone makes the plate worth a closer look.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,810 × 4,235 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-16133 |
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