Raised express track 9th Ave. "L" – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Raised express track 9th Ave. "L" in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Raised express track 9th Ave. "L"
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The raised express track on Ninth Avenue is the subject here, one of the elevated lines that once ran above the streets of Manhattan. Elevated rail reshaped the city in the decades around 1900, carrying passengers high above traffic and casting long shadows across the blocks below. This glass negative comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the photographs of the Bain News Service, a wire agency that supplied news pictures to newspapers. The record gives no firm date, so the exact moment is uncertain, but the scene reflects the busy, rapidly changing streetscape of New York at the turn of the century.
| 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 four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,741 × 4,166 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21006 |
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