Image of an eye-level street view of Broadway near Wall Street in New York City, lined with commercial buildings, showing a busy street scene with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages, elevated above a section of an underground railway with train cars and waiting passengers. Probable date based on reference in Haskell, American historical prints, 36. “Ferd. Mayer & Sons, Lith. / 96 & 98 Fulton Street, N.Y.”—text, bottom left margin. “Melville C. Smith, Projector. / Address, 156 Broadway, N.Y.”—text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 55.88 x 71.12 cm (22 x 28 in.)
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Commercial streets--Pictorial works Local transit--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Railroads--Buildings and structures--Pictorial works Subways--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Transportation Large Size Railroad The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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