New York Public Library – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of New York Public Library. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The building at the center of this picture is the New York Public Library's main branch on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, whose Beaux-Arts marble facade opened to the public in 1911. The Library of Congress record dates the print to about 1914 and credits the New York photographer Irving Underhill, whose copyright notice indicates the image was registered for publication. The subject tags also place the scene within the broader life of the city in the 1910s, when the library stood as a symbol of public access to learning in New York. The record does not describe the vantage point or the street activity around the building.
| Created / published | c1914. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic. print. |
| Genre | Photographic. prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J193915 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. |
| Subjects | New York Public Library. Libraries--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. City & town life--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,307 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178609 |
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