2000s Realism Photograph for the New York Times, "New York City, 1896" the Bowery

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This evocative photograph is titled "Chugging Along the Bowery". It was published by the New York Times and depicts the … Read more This evocative photograph is titled "Chugging Along the Bowery". It was published by the New York Times and depicts the Bowery in 1896. This is a later printing of the original photograph, authorized by the NYT. It measures 13.5"x18" the image, 16"x20" the sheet, and 21.5"x25.5" framed. It is very nicely framed with a black wooden frame. The mat is acid-free and the work is covered with Plexiglas. I believe this is a giclee because I visited the New York Times Store website and found the print described as such. The photograph and mat and frame are in excellent condition, but the Plexiglas is scratched around the mat and could be replaced. I will ship it framed. I ship USPS Priority.

North view of the Bowery, framed by the Third Avenue Elevated tracks. Visible on the left are the Gaiety Theatre and an advertisement for Casperfield Cleveland Diamonds & Watches. On the streets, horse-drawn carriages and trolleys are used for transportation. The Bowery was "the boulevard of the Lower East Side, the city's Cosmopolis," The Times declared. The street ran through "an area of gaunt tenements," harboring the kind of social misery that inspired reformers like Jacob Riis. Commuters traveled to and from their workplaces in Lower Manhattan on the steam-powered Third Avenue Elevated line, safely above the human sea. This photo published in The New York Times Magazine on Feb. 1, 1953, in an article on the history of New York City. See less