Sep 26 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2679 -

Sale 2679 - Lot 10

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

OTTO EBBINGHAUS & SWIFT, photographers

Photograph of Hudson River Rail Road station in Manhattan. 1864.
Albumen photograph, 18x25 cm, 7x9¾ inches; on original stiff paper mount, with early captions and photographers' embossed stamp; minimal wear and tack holes in mount, and light period retouching in image. New York, 1864.

This photograph was taken from West Broadway looking south toward the intersection with Chambers Street. The low-slung building to the left at the corner bears the sign "1861 Hudson River Rail Road Passenger Station," with a rail car faintly visible inside, and the tracks heading diagonally up toward what is now Hudson Street to the right. As the 19th-century pencil caption explains, "cars were drawn by horses up to 30th St. & 10th Ave, where the train was made up & engine attached." The image was taken the same year as Cornelius Vanderbilt took control of the railroad. This route has been in continuous service as a rail line; the site is now the Chambers Street subway station on the 1-2-3 line. The small triangle where the horse-drawn carts are parked is now known as Bogardus Plaza.
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