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Forty-second Street and Sixth Avenue station, Metropolitan (Gilbert) elevated railrway

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Image ID

801528


Item data

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

Cityscape Prints

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

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

1878-07-20

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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. "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

Chicago/Turabian Format

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

Wikipedia citation

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