{"product_id":"times-square-new-york-1914","title":"SPECIAL EDITION Times Square, New York","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n.lumirra-premium-box{\n  background: linear-gradient(180deg,#faf8f2 0%,#f5f1e8 100%);\n  border: 2px solid #b89b5e;\n  padding: 40px 35px;\n  margin: 30px 0;\n  text-align: center;\n  position: relative;\n  box-shadow: 0 8px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);\n}\n\n.lumirra-premium-box:before{\n  content:\"\";\n  position:absolute;\n  top:10px;\n  left:10px;\n  right:10px;\n  bottom:10px;\n  border:1px solid rgba(184,155,94,0.35);\n  pointer-events:none;\n}\n\n.lumirra-premium-label{\n  font-size:12px;\n  letter-spacing:4px;\n  text-transform:uppercase;\n  color:#b89b5e;\n  margin-bottom:12px;\n  font-weight:600;\n}\n\n.lumirra-premium-title{\n  font-size:32px;\n  font-family: Georgia, serif;\n  color:#1f1f1f;\n  margin-bottom:20px;\n  line-height:1.2;\n}\n\n.lumirra-premium-title span{\n  color:#b89b5e;\n}\n\n.lumirra-premium-text{\n  max-width:800px;\n  margin:0 auto;\n  font-size:16px;\n  line-height:1.9;\n  color:#4a4a4a;\n}\n\n.lumirra-premium-divider{\n  width:120px;\n  height:1px;\n  background:#b89b5e;\n  margin:25px auto;\n}\n\n.lumirra-premium-note{\n  margin-top:25px;\n  font-size:14px;\n  letter-spacing:2px;\n  text-transform:uppercase;\n  color:#b89b5e;\n  font-weight:600;\n}\n\n@media(max-width:768px){\n  .lumirra-premium-box{\n    padding:30px 20px;\n  }\n\n  .lumirra-premium-title{\n    font-size:24px;\n  }\n\n  .lumirra-premium-text{\n    font-size:15px;\n  }\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lumirra-premium-box\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lumirra-premium-label\"\u003eCollector's Edition\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lumirra-premium-title\"\u003eLimited to \u003cspan\u003e50 Prints Worldwide\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lumirra-premium-divider\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lumirra-premium-text\"\u003eThis special edition photograph is strictly limited to 100 prints worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable exclusively in A1 size, each piece is professionally produced as a fine art print and accompanied by a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity by Meagan Aherne, together with a beautifully presented brochure detailing the story, history and restoration journey behind the image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than a print, this is an opportunity to preserve and display a genuine fragment of the past — an artwork that connects you to a moment in history that can never be recreated.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lumirra-premium-divider\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lumirra-premium-note\"\u003eOnce all 50 editions are sold, no further prints of this size will ever be produced.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTimes Square glows through the mist in this striking October 1914 night view, a cityscape of electric light, streetcar tracks, and theatrical ambition at the height of New York’s transformation into the modern metropolis. Only a decade earlier, this district had been renamed from Longacre Square to Times Square after \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e moved into its new tower in 1904, and by 1914 it had already become one of the most recognisable entertainment and advertising corridors in America. That same year, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e outgrew Times Tower and moved to West 43rd Street, but the square it helped name was already firmly established as New York’s illuminated crossroads. \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis photograph captures that world in full brilliance. Neon had not yet come to dominate Broadway, but electric spectaculars already turned night into theatre. Rising from the darkness are advertisements for \u003cstrong\u003eFatima Turkish Blend Cigarettes\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the era’s heavily promoted tobacco brands; \u003cstrong\u003eUnited States Tires\u003c\/strong\u003e, reflecting the expanding automobile age; and the bright facade of the \u003cstrong\u003eVitagraph Theatre\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the earliest major Broadway movie palaces. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1914, the Vitagraph Theatre took over the former Criterion Theatre, opening on the 7th of February as a dedicated showcase for Vitagraph films — a clear sign of how quickly motion pictures were replacing traditional live theatre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost prominent on the right is the marquee for \u003cstrong\u003e“The Win(k)some Widow”\u003c\/strong\u003e, advertised at the \u003cstrong\u003eVitagraph Theatre, 413\u003c\/strong\u003e. This was a 1914 silent Vitagraph feature tied to the stage success \u003cem\u003eA Winsome Widow\u003c\/em\u003e, but reshaped around performer \u003cstrong\u003eCissy FitzGerald\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose famous involuntary wink became part of the film’s selling point. According to the AFI Catalog, the film premiered at New York’s Vitagraph Theatre on \u003cstrong\u003e7 September 1914\u003c\/strong\u003e, and its story follows a Broadway press agent who recruits Cissy for a troubled musical comedy, retitling it \u003cem\u003eThe Win(k)some Widow\u003c\/em\u003e to capitalise on her celebrity persona. \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther signs in the image speak to the layered commercial life of Broadway in 1914. The vertical \u003cstrong\u003e“Wm. Morris New York”\u003c\/strong\u003e sign refers to the powerful theatrical booking empire of William Morris, while \u003cstrong\u003e“Jardin de Danse”\u003c\/strong\u003e points to one of the area’s fashionable dance attractions — the kind of rooftop or theatre-adjacent nightlife that made Times Square not just a place to pass through, but a place to stay, watch, dance, and spend. On the left, the illuminated \u003cstrong\u003eB.F. Keith’s Palace Theatre\u003c\/strong\u003e marquee represents the vaudeville world that still dominated Broadway entertainment even as film rapidly advanced beside it. The square shown here is therefore not only a streetscape, but a record of a cultural turning point: vaudeville, cinema, tobacco advertising, live dance culture, and consumer spectacle all competing for the same urban gaze. \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo own this image is to hold a fragment of New York at the moment it became modern — when Broadway was still ruled by marquees, when film was newly claiming legitimacy, and when the city announced itself in light. Preserved from an original historic negative, this photograph is not simply a view of Times Square. 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