City - New York, NY - The New Amsterdam Theater 1905 - Side by Side Framed Print

Hand colored photo from 1905
Original title: New Amsterdam Theatre
Photographer: Detroit Publishing
Location: 205 W 42nd St, NY

The original was really washed out, a bit over exposed, I think they did it to expose for the shadows, but there was still enough detail to work from. The exposure was long enough to make everyone into a ghost, pairs of people were nullified this way, I kept them in, even though they are dark smudges. You can see a pair of them as a reflection, so that's kind of weird that it didn't blur.

I love the details in this image, there is a corset shop, you don't see that almost ever in these kinds of pictures. There is a man staring out the window in the mantle shop, a milk bottle on a sill, along with window sill flowers. There is a restaurant and candy store.

The New Amsterdam theater, was built in 1903, and was pretty tall on this block, today its a teeny tiny building surrounded by huge buildings, but still in use as a Broadway the...

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