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Film, Video [Hendricks (Gordon) Collection. No. 38, New York City street scene, Union Square and Lincoln Building--unidentified works] [New York City street scene, Union Square and Lincoln Building--unidentified works] / [Hendricks Collection / Former erroneous title: Herald Square / Inventory title: Streetcar on city street

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Title

  • [Hendricks (Gordon) Collection. No. 38, New York City street scene, Union Square and Lincoln Building--unidentified works]

Other Title

  • [New York City street scene, Union Square and Lincoln Building--unidentified works]
  • [Hendricks Collection
  • Former erroneous title: Herald Square
  • Inventory title: Streetcar on city street

Summary

  • Shows the busy corner of Broadway and East Fourteenth Street, at Union Square Park. A streetcar with "Broadway" on the side passes from right to left, and then another passes from left to right, as two policemen direct horse-drawn vehicles, streetcars, and pedestrians on this busy corner. The Lincoln Building is visible in the background.

Created / Published

  • [1889 or 1890?]

Headings

  • -  Lincoln Building (New York, N.Y. : Union Square)
  • -  City and town life--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Cable cars (Streetcars)--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Traffic police--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Union Square (New York, N.Y.)
  • -  Broadway (New York, N.Y.)

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Short films
  • Silent films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Formerly misidentified as the 1896 Edison film "Herald Square". Researcher Liz Muller identified the actual location of the film as Union Square in New York City.
  • -  Estimated date taken from the date of the Lincoln Building in the AIA guide to New York, built in 1889-1890.
  • -  Duration: 0:11 at 24 fps.
  • -  Originally part of [Hendricks clip. Donor can 8]; negative once labeled as can no. 5.
  • -  Sources used: AIA guide to New York City, c2000, p. 202; Lumiere catalog WWW site, viewed January 6, 2020 (Broadway et Union Square).

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 16 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FEC 8061 (viewing print)

Source Collection

  • Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020600000

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Hendricks Gordon Collection. No. 38, New York City street scene, Union Square and Lincoln Building--unidentified works. [or 1890?, 1889] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020600000/.

APA citation style:

(1889) Hendricks Gordon Collection. No. 38, New York City street scene, Union Square and Lincoln Building--unidentified works. [or 1890?] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020600000/.

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Hendricks Gordon Collection. No. 38, New York City street scene, Union Square and Lincoln Building--unidentified works. [or 1890?, 1889] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020600000/>.