RESTORATION OF HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH OF NEW YORK CITY LANDMARK

This 19th century photograph of the landmark Dakota building on Central Park West and 72nd Street in New York City predated the arrival of automobiles and shows the Upper West Side at a time when most of it was occupied by small farms and plots of waste land.

Restoration of this photograph started with the making of a high resolution 1200 dpi (dots per inch) scan. Making the scan at such high resolution revealed many details including a figure of a man washing windows on the 2nd floor of the Dakota building. Fading was reduced and chemical stains were eliminated. Finally, after the photograph was restored a large format print was made on gallery quality archival satin paper.

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