Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] Flatiron building
From: lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:43:35 -0400
 
A.Lal writes:
"Are you sure this is a 1906 photo? Some of the motor vehicles look more

modern than 1906."


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Would the New York Times lie? But you are right. The cars look like 1910 to
1920s models. The building was actually built in 1902. The Museum of the
City of New York dates the photo as 1906 and the NYT quotes that date. But
clearly the internal evidence of the photo argues against it.


Larry Z
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