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Title
Bird's eye view of lower New York
Names
Success Postal Card Co. (Publisher)
Schenck & Co. (Artist)
Collection

Historical postcards of New York City

New York City -- Air views -- 1900s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1914 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC POC NEW YC-Air-19
Topics
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.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Barcode: 33333201350036
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bb929d40-c55b-012f-553f-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1914: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8ae4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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 November 27, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8ae4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8ae4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Bird's eye view of lower New York