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Elevated railroad station and buildings, New York City, ca. 1881

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Image ID

801529


Item data

Title

Elevated railroad station and buildings, New York City, ca. 1881

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Elevated railroads

Names

Cronau, Rudolf, 1855-1939 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1881
Date Issued: 1885

Library Location

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

Subjects

Elevated railroads -- New York (State) -- New York
Commercial streets -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1880-1189
City & town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1880-1889
Railroad stations -- New York (State) -- New York
Sandwich boards
Park Place (New York, N.Y.)

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Physical Description

Collotypes
Extent: 25 x 21 cm (10 x 8 1/4 in.)
Damage at edges.

Abstract

"Martin B Brown Printer Station[er]", "National Broadway Bank", "Oshea Books", "Use Dr Bulls Cough Syrup"--signs in image.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17095064
Barcode: 33333159154935
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f17fd150-c55c-012f-3ff5-58d385a7bc34

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

Date Issued

1885

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Elevated railroad station and buildings, New York City, ca. 1881" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f17fd150-c55c-012f-3ff5-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1881). Elevated railroad station and buildings, New York City, ca. 1881 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f17fd150-c55c-012f-3ff5-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Elevated railroad station and buildings, New York City, ca. 1881" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f17fd150-c55c-012f-3ff5-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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