Nineteenth-Century New York in Rare Photographic Views

Frederick S. Lightfoot

ISBN 10: 0486241378 / ISBN 13: 9780486241371

Published by Dover Pubns, 1981

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0486241378I5N00

Synopsis:

Dover Softcover with 151 b/w photographs plus Introduction pages and Contents. - New York was a different city before the turn of the century. The pictures in this book have been shot directly from hard-to-find original stereographs, double-image photographs which yielded a three-dimensional scene when viewed through a stereoscope. Numerous on-the-spot photographs of street vendors, tenements, churches, shops, hotels, theaters, parks, markets and elevated trains recall the everyday environment of the city. Abundant scenes of Broadway reveal its importance as N.Y.'s cultural and commercial spine, New York Stock Exchange and Astor House suggest realms of worldly power and influence. - Captions for each plate that provide historical background, significance of the locale, relevant facto and lore, etc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nineteenth-Century New York in Rare ...
Publisher: Dover Pubns
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket