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Title: Valentine's manual of old New York
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961
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Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Valentine's Manual Inc.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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softnessand charm in them which is not obtained by present daymethods. Impressions were taken from a copper platewhich could be printed either in black or in colors at theartists discretion. It was evidently a slow and laboriousprocess, the entire subject having to be painted by the art-ist in colors directly on the copper. Notwithstanding thenumber of colors used in the process, they were all printedat one impression. This is in striking contrast to ourpresent methods, which call for the superimposing of onecolor over another, the final result being the blending ofall of the other colors in proper register. These aqua-tints of Hills have gained much renown and are ex-tremely valuable, the Broadway view being held at$400.00 to $500.00, according to condition. Mr. Hill wasalso employed in the production of the Hudson Riverportfolio of views and is said to have collaborated withBenson J. Lossing in the many illustrations which em-bellished his Field book of the Revolution/ He is, ( 18)
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Broadway south from Houston Street (1860). Old St. Thomas Church in the foreground. Note the awnings, the stages and the trees. Collection of Mr. Theo. H. Schneider. OF OLD NEW YORK however, chiefly remembered by the plates depicting NewYork; and the example which we have reproduced, byreason of the extent of the view and the importance ofthe territory represented is becoming one of his mostvaluable contributions. It was made at the time of theopening of the Crystal Palace (which was the forerunnerof all the Worlds Fairs), which was located in BryantPark on Sixth Avenue from 40th to 42nd Streets. Theother part of this square extended to Fifth Avenue andwas occupied by the Croton Aqueduct, which at that timewas the eighth wonder of the world, in our eyes. Directly opposite the Crystal Palace, on the north sideof 42nd Street had been erected a towering structurenamed after its designer, Lattings Observatory. It wasthe Eiffel Tower of its day. Visitors to the Expositionwere wont to ascen

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