"West 23rd Street, New York City," circa 1908

Summary

West 23rd Street runs through Chelsea in Manhattan. This Detroit Publishing Company photograph shows the thoroughfare bustling with pedestrian, horse-drawn, and streetcar traffic. Open grates on the sidewalk also suggest a subway route.

West 23rd Street runs through Chelsea in Manhattan. This Detroit Publishing Company photograph shows the thoroughfare bustling with pedestrian, horse-drawn, and streetcar traffic. Open grates on the sidewalk also suggest a subway route.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1908

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.036503

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.313 in

Width: 9.125 in

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