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Broadway from Astor House looking down

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Image ID

800475


Item data

Title

Broadway from Astor House looking down

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Broadway

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1875 (Approximate)

Library Location

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

Subjects

Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
churches -- New York (State) -- New York
Trinity Church (New York, N.Y.). St. Pauls Chapel
Western Union Telegraph Company
Spires

Genres

Cityscape Photographs

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Popular views." "New York City." Written on verso: "From Herald Tribune 1957."
Content: At left the Herald Building directly across from St. Paul's Chapel, with the Western Union Telegraph Building under construction center background.

Physical Description

Albumen prints
Extent: 1 photographic print : sepia ; 11 x 21 cm. (4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Ink mark and spot on image.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17534099
Barcode: 33333159145214
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bc6c3d80-c559-012f-ec38-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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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. "Broadway from Astor House looking down" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1875. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc6c3d80-c559-012f-ec38-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1875). Broadway from Astor House looking down Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc6c3d80-c559-012f-ec38-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Broadway from Astor House looking down" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc6c3d80-c559-012f-ec38-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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