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Bird's eye view of Manhattan, East River and Brooklyn from Woolworth Building, by night, New York City

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

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Historical postcards of New York City

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New York City -- Night scenes

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Title
Bird's eye view of Manhattan, East River and Brooklyn from Woolworth Building, by night, New York City
Names
Underhill, Irving, -1960 (Copyright holder)
H. Finkelstein & Son (Printer)
American Art Publishing Co. (Publisher)
Collection

Historical postcards of New York City

New York City -- Night scenes

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1913 (Approximate)
Place: New York, N. Y.
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC POC NEW YC-Nig-Sc
Topics
New York (N.Y.)
Moon
Municipal Building (New York, N.Y.) -- 1910-1919
Electric lighting -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1900-1999
Night photographs
Genres
Postcards
Aerial views
Photographs
Reproductions
Notes
Statement of responsibility: "Manhattan Island, 19.65 square miles, was purchased in 1626 from Indians for about $24.00, land value now $4,020,000,000, total realty value improvements is $6,075,000,000, an average of $432,000 per acre. The Island has 2,331,542 inhabitants, the lower end has an office population of 400,000; land there is worth from $200 to $600 per square foot and office space rents at from $1 to $40 per square foot."--printed on verso.
Statement of responsibility: "Copyright 1913 by Irving Underhill, N.Y."--printed on image. "The American Art Publishing Co., New York City." "H. Finkelstein & Son 87"--printed on verso.
Physical Description
Extent: 9 x 14 cm or 14 x 9 cm
Halftone photomechanical prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Barcode: 33333201353527
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 068926d0-c55f-012f-45e9-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1913: 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. "Bird's eye view of Manhattan, East River and Brooklyn from Woolworth Building, by night, New York City" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1913. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8d96-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 Manhattan, East River and Brooklyn from Woolworth Building, by night, New York City" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8d96-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1913). Bird's eye view of Manhattan, East River and Brooklyn from Woolworth Building, by night, New York City Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8d96-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8d96-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Bird's eye view of Manhattan, East River and Brooklyn from Woolworth Building, by night, New York City, (1913) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Bird's eye view of Manhattan, East River and Brooklyn from Woolworth Building, by night, New York City