Elevated railroad station, Chatham Square, New York City – 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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Elevated railroad station, Chatham Square, New York City comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Elevated railroad station, Chatham Square, New York City
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Chatham Square, where the Bowery, Park Row and several other streets meet at the edge of Lower Manhattan, was one of the busiest junctions for the city's elevated railways. This view shows an elevated station rising above the street, with its iron structure carrying steam trains over the traffic below. Elevated lines had reached the city by the late 1860s, and they changed neighborhoods by moving riders quickly while filling the streets with smoke, noise and shadow. The record credits the copyright to Charles Pollock and dates the picture to about 1880, so it is best read as an approximate snapshot of the elevated becoming part of everyday city life.
| Created / published | c1880. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo copyrighted by Charles Pollock. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Elevated RR; Geogr.; Street RR; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,057 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147615 |
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