The Old Print Shop

South Ferry El.

  • ARTIST: Mark Freeman

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph,

    DATE: 1931

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition 50. Image size 12 1/8 x 9 7/8" (308 x 249 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: The subject of the print is the elevated railway at South Ferry in lower Manhattan, a key terminal point for New York’s early rapid transit system prior to the widespread adoption of underground lines. The “El,” as it was commonly known, formed an essential component of the city’s transportation infrastructure, threading through the dense urban fabric and shaping both the visual and social character of the streets below.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Inscribed "36/50."

  • CONDITION: Very good condition.

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