Forty-second Street and Sixth Avenue station, Metropolitan (Gilbert) elevated railrway
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Title
Forty-second Street and Sixth Avenue station, Metropolitan (Gilbert) elevated railrway
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Elevated railroads
Names
Snyder, W. P. (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1878-07-20
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
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.)
Railroad stations -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "Drawn by W.P. Snider [i.e. Snyder]."--printed on border.
Content: Looking east toward Bryant Park, Croton Reservoir and Grand Central Depot.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17095064
Barcode: 33333159154927
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f41fee20-c55c-012f-c835-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1878-07-20
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Forty-second Street and Sixth Avenue station, Metropolitan (Gilbert) elevated railrway" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1878. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f41fee20-c55c-012f-c835-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1878). Forty-second Street and Sixth Avenue station, Metropolitan (Gilbert) elevated railrway Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f41fee20-c55c-012f-c835-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Forty-second Street and Sixth Avenue station, Metropolitan (Gilbert) elevated railrway" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f41fee20-c55c-012f-c835-58d385a7bc34
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