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- lowermanhattan
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- libraryofcongress
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- newyorkcity
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- federalhall
- ymca
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- jpmorgan
- georgewashington
- johnquincyadamsward
- jamesfaye
- worldwarone
- france
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Liberty Loan Clock (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2024
Whiteman (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2020
Whiteman (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2020
Curb Market, N.Y. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2014
AL25_000264 from SDASM Archives uploaded January 2014
J.P. Morgan's (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2011
Y.W.C.A. Clock (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2010
Y.M.C.A. Clock (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2010
Broad and Wall St. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded April 2010
Broad and Wall St. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2010
Wrecked car from The Library of Virginia uploaded September 2008
Wall Street Trinity from George Eastman Museum uploaded July 2008
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Y.W.C.A. Clock (LOC)
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Wystan said:
LOC -- Bain's original caption is incorrect. Close scrutiny of the sign shows that the fundraising drive is for both the YMCA -- AND the YWCA. There is an M perched directly above the W on the sign. It should properly be rendered YM/YWCA, or YMCA/YWCA.
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Wystan said:
The fundraising "clock" sign was positioned on a prominent corner, but this was the Wall Street construction site for the new headquarters of J. P. Morgan -- not the site of the future YM/YWCA. The address on the sign, 25 Broad Street, was the location of the existing YMCA headquarters, not of the J. P. Morgan erection. New York's four-million-dollar whirlwind campaign for a new YM/YWCA was the largest fundraising project in world history up to that time. Campaign "clocks" like the one shown here were erected at various strategic locations to keep the project in the public eye. This story in the "New York Times," November 13, 1913, mentions another one: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9501E...
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Wystan said:
Bain's photographer overdid his coverage of this spectacle, but that probably was all for the best, since half of his shots were grievously underexposed: