View of elevated trains at The Bowery [street] from Canal Street, New York City, New York

People:

William Gray (photographer)

Title:

View of elevated trains at The Bowery [street] from Canal Street, New York City, New York

Date:

1863 - ca. 1887

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 16.7 x 21.7 cm secondary support: 26.4 x 35.5 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:0038:042

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped - blind embossed and enclosed in an oval, on the image, l.r.: "W. Gray / N.Y." inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r.: "W. Gray, N.Y." and an arrow labelled and imprinted - in typescript, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, l.c.: with title [double black line over and under text] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "40" [diagonally]

Location:

New York (City); New York; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

streetscape
carts
identification signs
office buildings
commercial buildings
streetcars
clothing stores
multistory buildings
mercantile buildings
trains (vehicle groupings)
elevated railroads

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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