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Shutters of Steel: Third Avenue "L" structure

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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COLLECTION
Historical postcards of New York City

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New York City -- Elevated railroads

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Title
Shutters of Steel: Third Avenue "L" structure
Additional title: Colorpoeme
Additional title: New York in color
Names
Trapier, Pinckney Alston, 1897-1957 (Illustrator)
Collection

Historical postcards of New York City

New York City -- Elevated railroads

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1932
Place: New York
Publisher: Lumitone Photoprint
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC POC NEW YC-Elev
Topics
Elevated railroads -- New York (State) -- New York
Shadows
Streets
Perspective
Genres
Postcards
Physical Description
Extent: 9 x 14 cm or 14 x 9 cm
Halftone photomechanical prints
Description
"The steel railways of the air that linked home and counting-house, tenement and workshop, the green fields of Central and Bronx Parks with the waters that lave the Battery wall, have played their part in forging Manhattan's greatness. The years of the 'L' are the years of Gotham's greatest growth. Countless families have been born and died along these double-decked highways of New York."--printed on verso.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433086715194
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f23db940-700d-013b-9081-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1897: Creator Born
  • 1932: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Shutters of Steel" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1932. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/254d4060-700e-013b-8dbe-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Shutters of Steel" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/254d4060-700e-013b-8dbe-0242ac110003

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1932). Shutters of Steel Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/254d4060-700e-013b-8dbe-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

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Shutters of Steel