Photo of the day: On Broadway: 1903

Back when America was actually worth a darn. Unlike now.

On Broadway: 1903
Circa 1903. “Flatiron Building, New York.” Looking south down Broadway at this seminal skyscraper, with Fifth Avenue to the right. Also a nice view of the Albemarle Hotel and, at bottom, the obelisk of the Worth Memorial, resting place of Mexican-American War hero Major General William Jenkins Worth (and, incidentally, one of only two monuments serving as mausoleums in Manhattan). 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company

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