[Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers]
A 1917 photographic record of New York City street decorations prepared for the visiting British and French war commissions, made by the Wurts brothers for public documentation. The pictures show flag-draped Fifth Avenue-style boulevards, a ceremonial arch over a crowded avenue, and a hotel facade hung with bunting, giving a designer a dense view of early twentieth-century civic patriotic décor in sepia tones with architectural detail and period street life.
![Picture 1 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 3](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-3-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 4](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-4-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 5](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-5-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-6-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 7](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-7-1.webp)
![Picture 6 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 8](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-8-1.webp)
![Picture 7 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 9](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-9-1.webp)
![Picture 8 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-10-1.webp)
![Picture 9 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-11-1.webp)
![Picture 10 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 12](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-12-1.webp)
![Picture 11 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 13](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-13-1.webp)
![Picture 12 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 14](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-14-1.webp)
![Picture 13 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 15](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-15-1.webp)
![Picture 14 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 16](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-16-1.webp)
![Picture 15 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 17](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-17-1.webp)
![Picture 16 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 19](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-19-1.webp)
![Picture 17 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 20](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-20-1.webp)
![Picture 18 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 23](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-23-1.webp)
![Picture 19 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 24](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-24-1.webp)
![Picture 20 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 27](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-27-1.webp)
![Picture 21 of 21 from [Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the British and French commissions, May 9th to May 13th, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers] (1917), leaf 28](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll4_22132-28-1.webp)