File:Proposed arcade railway broadway NY 1868.jpg
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"Proposed arcade railway--Under Broadway, view near Wall Street", a circa 1868 lithograph for a proposal for a elevated railway which, although it passed the legislature several times, was vetoed by the governor, and eventually was replaced by the current New York subway system.. See http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/4484 for a history of this project.
Created by Ferd. Mayer & Sons, lithographers and Melville C. Smith, projector, both of New York Restoration notes A fairly lengthy but (overall) straightforward restoration. Some scratches and other damage, a rather awkward border, staining, and such. I think this should be right, but do note that I've seen examples of this that have a very reddish, sunset tone in the sky. I suppose that's possible, but the scan seemed to indicate these colours as much more likely. Of course, it may be there was more than one state of this printing. Anyway, as I said, fairly straightforwards; removed dust, dirt, some minor printing errors, and tried to get the colours to what they would've been when new. Think I did fairly well. Copyright status |
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| Date | circa 1868 | |||
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Original scan from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93506795/ A lossless, PNG version of this artwork is available from my deviantArt account at http://adamcuerden.deviantart.com/art/1868-New-York-City-restoration-192014286 - Unfortunately, Wikipedia can't seem to sort out displaying PNGs, unlike every other website that works with large artworks. |
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| Author | Ferdinand Mayer & Sons | |||
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As a pre-1923 U.S. Work, the original is in public domain. However, as the restoration is somewhat extensive, it is released under the following minimal license, as restorations involve quite a bit of artistic judgement, and Britain, where I live, offers very low bars to gaining a new copyright. I do not wish to release my work into the Public Domain, however, you may choose one of the following two hopefully pretty minimal licenses.   This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Adam Cuerden
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This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1929, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal. See this page for further explanation.
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| current | 02:39, 12 November 2012 | | 7,968 × 6,152 (29.24 MB) | Adam Cuerden | And, after documenting, upload |
| 22:51, 3 March 2009 |  | 1,630 × 1,128 (4.49 MB) | Otto Normalverbraucher | {{Information |Description=Proposed arcade railway under Broadway near Wall Street |Source=Eric Homberger: ''The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History." Holt Paperbacks, 1998, page 72 |Date= |
