Washington Arch and 5th Ave., N.Y.C. – Antique 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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A window into the past: Washington Arch and 5th Ave., N.Y.C., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Washington Arch and 5th Ave., N.Y.C.
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Lower Manhattan's Washington Square Arch, the marble triumphal arch at the foot of Fifth Avenue, is the subject of this c1930 photoprint by Irving Underhill, a New York photographer who issued views of city landmarks. The arch was designed by Stanford White and completed in 1892 as a temporary plaster structure, later rebuilt in marble in 1895, commemorating the centennial of George Washington's inauguration. Its meeting of the great avenue with the park's open plaza makes it a useful record of how the neighborhood looked in the years before the Depression reshaped its streets.
| Created / published | c1930. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. No. 355934. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Arches. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,226 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156007 |
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