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New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, Fifth Ave, 40th to 42d Sts.

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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COLLECTION
Historical postcards of New York City

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New York City -- New York Public Library

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Title
New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, Fifth Ave, 40th to 42d Sts.
Names
American News Company (Publisher)
Collection

Historical postcards of New York City

New York City -- New York Public Library

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1909 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC POC NEW YC-New
Topics
New York Public Library
New York Public Library. Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Genres
Postcards
Bird's-eye views
Renderings
Notes
Statement of responsibility: "No. AA/40 published by The American News Company New-York, Leipzig, Berlin." "Trade-mark A N C N.Y. Chromotone Printed in Germany."--printed on verso.
Content: "white marble structure being erected on old reservoir site; cost $ 5,000,000. Main building, 73 branches in various part of the city, 32 of which are now in operation, including 12 of the 50 Carnegie libraries that are to be built in Manhattan, The Bronx and Richmond. The building is 366 by 246 ft; main stack-room 274 ft. long, with seven tiers."--printed on border.
Physical Description
Extent: 9 x 14 cm or 14 x 9 cm
Halftone photomechanical prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Barcode: 33333201353394
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4760ae50-c55b-012f-9b4b-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

  • 1909: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, Fifth Ave, 40th to 42d Sts." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8d7b-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. "New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, Fifth Ave, 40th to 42d Sts." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8d7b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1909). New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, Fifth Ave, 40th to 42d Sts. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8d7b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, Fifth Ave, 40th to 42d Sts.