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Author: [New York City Library History]. E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. - Publishers
Title: ASTOR LIBRARY, LAFAYETTE PLACE Public Buildings in New York City and Vicinity. No. 5809.
Description: New York: E & H. T. Anthony & Co. Emporium of American and Foreign Stereoscopic Views, Chromos and Albums, 591 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel, New York, (n. d.). Ca. 1870s. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Stereo image of the Astor Library [after the 1859 expansion], mounted to orange stiff-stock paper, lettered in black ink. Printed paper title label to verso. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 6-15/16" The Astor Library was a free public library in the East Village, Manhattan, developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor and New England educator and bibliographer Joseph Cogswell and designed by Alexander Saeltzer. It was primarily meant as a research library, and its books did not circulate. It opened to the public in 1854, and in 1895 consolidated with the Lenox Library and the Tilden Foundation to become the New York Public Library (NYPL). During this time, its building was expanded twice, in 1859, and 1881. The 1895 consolidation marked the end of the Astor Library. It had been an important factor in the intellectual life of New York, and its influence had not been confined to the political or physical boundaries of the city. There were few scholars or investigators in the latter half of the nineteenth century who had not at some time used its collections. The NYPL abandoned the building in 1911, and the books were moved to the NYPL's newly constructed building by Bryant Park. In 1920, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society purchased it. By 1965 it was in disuse and faced demolition. The Public Theater (then the New York Shakespeare Festival) persuaded the city to purchase it for use as a theater. It was converted for theater use by Giorgio Cavaglieri. The building is a New York City Landmark, designated in 1965." [Wiki]. Photographs clear & sharp. Some soiling to verso. Withal, a VG+ card.
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Title: ASTOR LIBRARY, LAFAYETTE PLACE Public Buildings in New York City and Vicinity. No. 5809.
Description: New York: E & H. T. Anthony & Co. Emporium of American and Foreign Stereoscopic Views, Chromos and Albums, 591 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel, New York, (n. d.). Ca. 1870s. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Stereo image of the Astor Library [after the 1859 expansion], mounted to orange stiff-stock paper, lettered in black ink. Printed paper title label to verso. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 6-15/16" The Astor Library was a free public library in the East Village, Manhattan, developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor and New England educator and bibliographer Joseph Cogswell and designed by Alexander Saeltzer. It was primarily meant as a research library, and its books did not circulate. It opened to the public in 1854, and in 1895 consolidated with the Lenox Library and the Tilden Foundation to become the New York Public Library (NYPL). During this time, its building was expanded twice, in 1859, and 1881. The 1895 consolidation marked the end of the Astor Library. It had been an important factor in the intellectual life of New York, and its influence had not been confined to the political or physical boundaries of the city. There were few scholars or investigators in the latter half of the nineteenth century who had not at some time used its collections. The NYPL abandoned the building in 1911, and the books were moved to the NYPL's newly constructed building by Bryant Park. In 1920, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society purchased it. By 1965 it was in disuse and faced demolition. The Public Theater (then the New York Shakespeare Festival) persuaded the city to purchase it for use as a theater. It was converted for theater use by Giorgio Cavaglieri. The building is a New York City Landmark, designated in 1965." [Wiki]. Photographs clear & sharp. Some soiling to verso. Withal, a VG+ card.
Keywords: Photography Photography
Price: US$ 104.50 Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA
- Book number: 51744
- Book number: 51744
See more books from our catalog: Americana