These prints on the Lens blog of old new york printed in Cyanotype – using a solution of iron compounds – are just stunning. The method of printing gave these images a blue quality. I love how dreamy and haunted they are. See more, here.
Elevated railroad S curve, 110th Street and Ninth Avenue, circa 1890. – Collection of the Museum of the City of New York – NY Times
Edgar Allen Poe’s cottage in the Bronx, circa 1894. – Collection of the Museum of the City of New York – NY Times
View of Manhattan from Brooklyn, circa 1900 – Library of Congress – NY Times
