Broadway at Night Looking North from Thirty-fourth Street.

Title:

Broadway at Night Looking North from Thirty-fourth Street.

Format:

Prints

Publisher:

E. Idell Zeisloft, ed., The New Metropolis (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1899), 492.

Date:

ca. 1899

Street Address:

Broadway and 34th Street

Photographer/Artist:

C. W. Jeffreys

Description:

This is a vibrant reproduction of a color print by Canadian-born artist Charles William Jefferys (1869-1951) who once worked at the New York Herald. The Broadway Tabernacle Church, the 6th Avenue elevated train, the Herald Building and several theatres, including Koster & Bial's, are depicted. The streets are teaming with cable cars, horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians.

Subjects:

  • Herald Square (New York, N.Y.)
  • Jefferys, Charles W. (Charles William), 1869-1951.
  • Theaters--New York (State)--New York.
  • Broadway Tabernacle (New York, N.Y.)
  • Railroads, Elevated--New York (State)--New York.
  • Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

Rights:

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Collection:

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

Contributing Institution:

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

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