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Bird's eye view of lower New York

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836033


Item data

Title

Bird's eye view of lower New York

Collection

Historical postcards of New York City
New York City -- Air views -- 1900s

Names

Success Postal Card Co. (Publisher)
Schenck & Co. (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1914 (Approximate)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC POC NEW YC-Air-19

Subjects

Piers & wharves -- New York (State) -- New York
Battery Park (New York, N.Y.)
Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1910-1919

Genres

Postcards
Aerial Views

Notes

Content: "This is a most wonderful picture of the lower end of Manhattan with its huge skyscrapers, where is centered the business interests of 10,000,000 people. It is here that the Huson and East Rivers meet. Here is also the spot of the first Dutch settlement."--printed on verso.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Copyright 1914 C Souhami New York" ; "Drawn by Schenck & Co"--printed on image. "Success Postal Card Co., Pub., New York. No. 1116."--printed on verso.

Physical Description

Extent: 9 x 14 cm or 14 x 9 cm
Halftone photomechanical prints
Water damage at top corners.

Identifiers

Barcode: 33333201350036
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bb929d40-c55b-012f-553f-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1914

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bird's eye view of lower New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1914. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb929d40-c55b-012f-553f-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1914). Bird's eye view of lower New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb929d40-c55b-012f-553f-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bird's eye view of lower New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb929d40-c55b-012f-553f-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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