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Human Generated Data

Title

[Buildings and elevated train tracks, New York]

Date

1940s-1950s

People

Artist: Lyonel Feininger, American 1871 - 1956

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of T. Lux Feininger, BRLF.1006.144

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Human Generated Data

Title

[Buildings and elevated train tracks, New York]

People

Artist: Lyonel Feininger, American 1871 - 1956

Date

1940s-1950s

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of T. Lux Feininger, BRLF.1006.144

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2023-10-24

Nature 100
Outdoors 100
Weather 100
City 98.3
Fog 97.4
Smog 97.4
Smoke 97.4
Metropolis 96.6
Urban 96.6
Railway 71.7
Transportation 71.7
Train 64.5
Vehicle 64.5
Terminal 57.2
Train Station 57.2
Pollution 56.7

Clarifai
created on 2023-10-15

monochrome 98.9
street 98.8
city 98.8
train 98.4
railway 96.7
urban 96.3
locomotive 96.2
light 95.9
downtown 94.1
black and white 93.8
skyscraper 93.3
abstract 93.3
subway system 92.7
transportation system 92.4
bridge 92.1
building 90.6
travel 88.4
window 87.4
fog 87.4
skyline 87

Imagga
created on 2019-02-03

city 39.1
urban 32.3
tunnel 32.1
night 31.1
road 30.7
traffic 25.6
street 24.8
spider web 24.3
way 24.2
highway 24.1
transportation 23.3
travel 23.2
passageway 22.7
web 22.5
architecture 22.1
speed 22
transport 21
passage 20.8
motion 20.6
lights 20.4
light 20
structure 19.8
car 19.7
modern 19.6
building 19.3
dark 18.4
bridge 18.2
vehicle 17.8
evening 16.8
screen 15.5
conveyance 15.4
tramway 15.4
windshield 15.4
downtown 15.4
sky 15.3
track 15.3
cityscape 14.2
business 14
blur 13.9
cars 13.7
skyline 13.3
drive 13.2
skyscraper 12.6
driving 12.6
trap 12.5
center 12.3
fast 12.2
line 12
motorway 11.8
protective covering 11.8
dusk 11.4
technology 11.1
landscape 10.4
high 10.4
scene 10.4
headlight 10.3
landmark 9.9
tower 9.8
steel 9.7
office 9.6
automobile 9.6
buildings 9.5
movement 9.4
town 9.3
wallpaper 9.2
snow 9.2
tourism 9.1
vacation 9
station 9
freeway 8.8
metal 8.8
rush 8.8
covering 8.8
twilight 8.7
move 8.6
construction 8.6
black 8.4
long 8.3
weather 8.1
futuristic 8.1
science 8
blurred 7.7
winter 7.7
moving 7.6
power 7.6
suspension bridge 7.3
global 7.3
support 7.1
financial 7.1

Google
created on 2019-02-03

Microsoft
created on 2019-02-03

window 96
railroad 96
train 35.5
steam 29.6
station 13
black and white 11.7
locomotive 11.5
rail 10.9

Color Analysis

Feature analysis

Amazon

Train
Train 64.5%

Captions

Clarifai
created by general-english-image-caption-blip on 2025-05-05

a photograph of a train traveling down a train track with a train coming down the tracks -100%

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-05

Here's a description of the image:

Overall Impression: The image is a vintage black and white photograph depicting a city scene, likely from the early to mid-20th century. The photograph has a grainy quality and a somewhat obscured appearance, giving it a nostalgic feel.

Composition: The primary focus is on elevated train tracks that curve and recede into the distance. The perspective is from an elevated vantage point, possibly from a train or a high building. The image is framed within a rounded-corner border.

Details:

  • Tracks and Infrastructure: The tracks dominate the foreground, with multiple lines and wooden walkways between them. A signal box or control station structure sits amidst the tracks.
  • Buildings: The city is filled with tall buildings, some with Art Deco or early modern architectural features. There is a sense of densely packed urban development.
  • Atmosphere: A hazy atmosphere, likely due to smog or pollution, pervades the scene, softening the details and creating a somewhat melancholic mood. Smoke or steam is visible from some chimneys, further emphasizing the industrial nature of the environment.
  • Lighting: The light is muted, but there's a sense of brightness coming from the upper areas of the image, perhaps from sunlight trying to break through the haze.

Overall, the image conveys a sense of the energy and density of a historic urban environment, capturing a moment in time with a slightly melancholic, nostalgic atmosphere.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-05

Here's a description of the image:

This is a black and white photograph, possibly a vintage image, that depicts a view of elevated train tracks in a dense urban environment. The image is captured from an elevated perspective, looking down onto multiple sets of train tracks that curve and converge. The tracks appear to be constructed on a wooden or metal platform.

Flanking the tracks on either side are buildings that suggest a city setting, with visible architectural details like windows and facades. In the background, there are even taller buildings, likely skyscrapers, shrouded in what appears to be fog or smog, giving the image a hazy and slightly ominous atmosphere. One distinct feature in the background is a tall building with a step-like structure. There is also visible smoke rising from a smokestack. The image is framed by a rounded edge, suggesting it may have been taken through a window or a vintage camera lens. Overall, the image captures a sense of the industrial age, urban density, and the presence of a transportation system that once dominated city landscapes.