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Amerikanischer Photograph um 1896 - Park Row (Zeno Fotografie)

Amerikanischer Photograph um 1896 - Park Row (Zeno Fotografie)

Deutsch: Amerikanischer Photograph um 1896: Park Row Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbus Circle (2786854139)

Columbus Circle (2786854139)

Accession Number: 1977:0144:0057MP Maker: George P. Hall & Son (American, active 1875–1914) Title: Columbus Circle Date: ca. 1905 Medium: gelatin silver print printed 1977, from original negative Dimensions: 2... More

(King1893NYC) pg623 BROADWAY, SIXTH AVENUE AND 35TH STREET, SHOWING HERALD BUILDING AND DODGE STATUE

(King1893NYC) pg623 BROADWAY, SIXTH AVENUE AND 35TH STREET, SHOWING HE...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

(King1893NYC) pg873 FOOT OF WHITEHALL STREET AND GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, FROM ARMY BUILDING

(King1893NYC) pg873 FOOT OF WHITEHALL STREET AND GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, FR...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

(King1893NYC) pg879 DUNHAM, BUCKLAY & CO. 340 TO 344 BROADWAY

(King1893NYC) pg879 DUNHAM, BUCKLAY & CO. 340 TO 344 BROADWAY

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

(King1893NYC) pg876 14TH STREET, FROM UNIVERSITY PLACE TO FIFTH AVENUE

(King1893NYC) pg876 14TH STREET, FROM UNIVERSITY PLACE TO FIFTH AVENUE

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herald Square, New York, N.Y (NYPL b12647398-69470)

Herald Square, New York, N.Y (NYPL b12647398-69470)

Postcard series number: 11271 1907-1908. First series with divided backs (for message and address) exclusively.

Blockaded cars on 23rd St., New York

Blockaded cars on 23rd St., New York

Blockaded cars on 23rd St., New York Public domain scan of the vintage New York postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Broadway, Manhattan, view north from 39th Street - jpg version

Broadway, Manhattan, view north from 39th Street - jpg version

Looking north on Broadway from 39th Street to 46th Street; view is foreshortened. Left to right (south to north): Metropolitan Opera House, with poster on south wall (extreme left, near bottom) announcing the s... More

New York and Brooklyn Bridge (1883) - Plate 7

New York and Brooklyn Bridge (1883) - Plate 7

View from platform around central pier of Brooklyn Tower, looking towards New York. On the left is seen one of the carriage-ways; adjoining it, one of the railway tracks; adjoining that, is the promenade for fo... More

Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn Plaza of the Manhattan Bridge - Harry M. Pettit - B&W

Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn Plaza of the Manhattan Bridge - Harry M. Pe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a french regular park, classical architecture, outdoors, France, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York Public Library 1908c

New York Public Library 1908c

The New York Public Library, glass negative from 1908 depicting horse carriages and trolleys. Late stage construction: trademark lions not yet installed. فارسی: گتابخانهٔ عمومی نیویورک

Times Square on a Rainy Day 1943 John Vachon

Times Square on a Rainy Day 1943 John Vachon

Times Square, New York City, on a rainy day, March 1943 Between March 2 and March 17, per discussion at [1]

Times Square on a Rainy Day 1943 John Vachon

Times Square on a Rainy Day 1943 John Vachon

Times Square, New York City, on a rainy day, March 1943 Between March 2 and March 17, per discussion at [1]

Postcard New York NY 23rd Street Circa 1907

Postcard New York NY 23rd Street Circa 1907

Postcard picture of 23rd Street, Manhattan, New York City, showing trolley cars, horses and carriages and many pedestrians; a shopping district with stores on both sides

NY Tombs 1895

NY Tombs 1895

Picture postcard of The Tombs - a New York prison

Woodside Ave 1905

Woodside Ave 1905

This postcard photo of 1905 shows the abrupt turn in the trolley line in Woodside at Woodside and Kelly Avenues. The photographer is standing on Woodside, looking north on Kelly. The house at left is a typic... More

Coney Island Railroad Station, late 1870s. (5833496386)

Coney Island Railroad Station, late 1870s. (5833496386)

George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845-1887). Coney Island Railroad Station, late 1870s. Wet-collodion negative, 5 x 8 in. (12.7 x 20.3 cm). Prints, Drawings and Photographs. Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public L... More

Johnstown Flood, Coney Island, 1902. (5832946625)

Johnstown Flood, Coney Island, 1902. (5832946625)

H.S. Lewis. Johnstown Flood, Coney Island, 1902. negative. Prints, Drawings and Photographs. Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection, 1996.164.5-2. (1996.164.5-2_bw_SL1.jpg) Thank you, erob... More

Crowd awaits news of Dempsey - Carpentier

Crowd awaits news of Dempsey - Carpentier

"More than 10,000 gather in Times Square outside the New York Times building to receive updates on the fight between boxers Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier in July, 1921."

Crowd gathers for updates to 1919 World Series

Crowd gathers for updates to 1919 World Series

"Thousands gather outside The New York Times building in Times Square to get World Series results from a remote scoreboard in October, 1919."

Crowd gathers for updates to 1920 World Series

Crowd gathers for updates to 1920 World Series

"A huge crowd gathers outside The New York Times building in Times Square to hear play-by-play bulletins of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Brooklyn Robins on Oct. 12, 1920."

One Times Square under construction 1903

One Times Square under construction 1903

One Times Square under construction 1903

Public Domain Images - Park Row, 1906

Public Domain Images - Park Row, 1906

Park Row, New York City, 1906. Post office. Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Bowery, New York Times, 1896

The Bowery, New York Times, 1896

A steam train on the Third Avenue El, over the Bowery, New York City, 1896.

The last of the Horse Drawn Carriages

The last of the Horse Drawn Carriages

"Just before the last of these vehicles was banished from the streets of New York City, the photographer snapped one of them as it passed alongside a 'Modern Electric Car' powered by the conduit between the rai... More

Public Domain Images - Union Square, 1906

Public Domain Images - Union Square, 1906

Trolleys in Union Square, New York City, 1906. Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fairway trolleys from bay jeh

Fairway trolleys from bay jeh

Looking north from a boat about to enter Erie Basin, at Fairway Market with 3 trolley cars.

Scientific American Volume 77 Number 05 (July 1897) (1897) (14796400103)

Scientific American Volume 77 Number 05 (July 1897) (1897) (1479640010...

Identifier: scientific-american-1897-07-31 (find matches) Title: Scientific American Volume 77 Number 05 (July 1897) Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Subjects: scientific steam beet beets bicycle tion tbe sugar ... More

Pabst Hotel, 42nd Street, Manhattan (08)

Pabst Hotel, 42nd Street, Manhattan (08)

Pabst Hotel on 42nd Street, from the southeast. The four-story buildings sharing the hotel's block have been demolished for subway construction. On the right in the photograph, from 43rd to 44th Streets on the... More

St. R'Y strike, 1916 - Stopping cars (LOC)

St. R'Y strike, 1916 - Stopping cars (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher. St. R'Y strike, 1916 - Stopping cars 1between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the ne... More

Hammerstein's Victoria

Hammerstein's Victoria

Hammerstein's Victoria Theater and Roof Garden, northwest corner of 42nd Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan, showing signs announcing "Gertrude Hoffmann in Maude Allan's A Vision of Salome". An uncropped versi... More

Elevated railway - DPLA - 8ee87ce93f553557ac819c519cd743ec

Elevated railway - DPLA - 8ee87ce93f553557ac819c519cd743ec

Looking underneath an elevated railway in New York City. The Arrases visited New York on their return from Europe in 1913. Edmund F. Arras (7/7/1875-10/19/1951), a prominent Columbus businessman and entrepreneu... More

Streetcars NYC 23rd St Vanity Fair 1903

Streetcars NYC 23rd St Vanity Fair 1903

Row of streetcars on 23rd Street, New York City. Published in Vanity Fair Magazine June 6 1903

Old Tracks and Routes in Newtown - Map of Bus Routes 02

Old Tracks and Routes in Newtown - Map of Bus Routes 02

A 1912 map from the Historical Guide to the City of New York, showing roads and rail lines ("tracks and routes") in what was then the Town of Newtown, now western Queens. Highlighted are streetcar lines, in th... More

Old Tracks and Routes in Newtown - Map of Bus Routes 01

Old Tracks and Routes in Newtown - Map of Bus Routes 01

A 1912 map from the Historical Guide to the City of New York, showing roads and rail lines ("tracks and routes") in what was then the Town of Newtown, now western Queens. Highlighted are streetcar lines, in th... More

Old Tracks and Routes in Newtown - Crop

Old Tracks and Routes in Newtown - Crop

A 1912 map from the Historical Guide to the City of New York, showing roads and rail lines ("tracks and routes") in what was then the Town of Newtown, now western Queens. This is cropped from the original.

Hammerstein's Olympia, Longacre (Times) Square, Manhattan

Hammerstein's Olympia, Longacre (Times) Square, Manhattan

Hammerstein's Olympia entertainment complex, east side of Longacre (Times) Square, 44th Street to 45th Street

Bhratrolleysjeh

Bhratrolleysjeh

Looking southeast at BHRA trolleys in en:Red Hook, Brooklyn on a sunny summer midday

Casino Theatre (1900) - A black and white photo of a casino

Casino Theatre (1900) - A black and white photo of a casino

Casino Theatre in 1900. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queensboro Bridge from Roof of Bruster Manufacturing Company 1912

Queensboro Bridge from Roof of Bruster Manufacturing Company 1912

Queensboro Bridge, prior to the construction of elevated rail, from the roof of the Brewster Building in present-day Long Island City.

Upper Broadway, New York - 1909 (1)

Upper Broadway, New York - 1909 (1)

Magyar: Képeslap részlete. Az egész képeslap (2) illetve hátoldala (3) megjelent a Metapolisz 1173 DVD-n. Upper Broadway. 1909. A képeslap hátoldalán a keltezés: 16/8 909

Book of the Royal blue (1897) (14574416288)

Book of the Royal blue (1897) (14574416288)

Identifier: bookofroyalblue23balt (find matches) Title: Book of the Royal blue Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Baltimore and Ohio railroad company. (from old catalog) Subjects: Middle Atlantic States -- Descrip... More

Book of the Royal blue (1897) (14736050426)

Book of the Royal blue (1897) (14736050426)

Identifier: bookofroyalblue24balt (find matches) Title: Book of the Royal blue Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Baltimore and Ohio railroad company. (from old catalog) Subjects: Middle Atlantic States -- Descrip... More

Book of the Royal blue (1897) (14574999727)

Book of the Royal blue (1897) (14574999727)

Identifier: bookofroyalblue23balt (find matches) Title: Book of the Royal blue Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Baltimore and Ohio railroad company. (from old catalog) Subjects: Middle Atlantic States -- Descrip... More

Christian herald (1913) (14578013090)

Christian herald (1913) (14578013090)

Identifier: christianherald36unse (find matches) Title: Christian herald Year: 1913 (1910s) Authors: Subjects: Publisher: Contributing Library: Christian Herald Association Digitizing Sponsor: Tisch Libr... More

Electric railway journal (1909) (14575198358)

Electric railway journal (1909) (14575198358)

Identifier: electricrailway341909newy (find matches) Title: Electric railway journal Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Electric railroads Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co Contributing Library:... More

Electric railway journal (1916) (14736232646)

Electric railway journal (1916) (14736232646)

Identifier: electricrailway471916newy (find matches) Title: Electric railway journal Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Electric railroads Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co Contributing Library:... More

Electric railway journal (1917) (14758650824)

Electric railway journal (1917) (14758650824)

Identifier: electricrailway491917newy (find matches) Title: Electric railway journal Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Electric railroads Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co Contributing Library:... More

Electric railway journal (1920) (14760900202)

Electric railway journal (1920) (14760900202)

Identifier: electricrailway551920newy (find matches) Title: Electric railway journal Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Electric railroads Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co Contributing Library:... More

New York of to-day. (1912) (14780613574)

New York of to-day. (1912) (14780613574)

Identifier: newyorkoftoday00durs (find matches) Title: New York of to-day. Year: 1912 (1910s) Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC Subjects: Publisher: Portland, Me. : L. H. Nelson co. Cont... More

Scenes of modern New York. (1906) (14773076201)

Scenes of modern New York. (1906) (14773076201)

Identifier: scenesofmodernne00durs (find matches) Title: Scenes of modern New York. Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC L.H. Nelson Company Subjects: Publisher: Portland... More

Stories of brotherhood; a book for boys and girls (1918) (14777902554)

Stories of brotherhood; a book for boys and girls (1918) (14777902554)

«A friend to boys and girls» «Photo from the Police Department, New York City» (original caption) Identifier: storiesofbrother00hunt (find matches) Title: Stories of brotherhood; a book for boys and girls Year... More

The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York (1897) (14578315070)

The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York (1897) (14578...

Identifier: greatnorthsideor00durs (find matches) Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of T... More

The greatest street in the world - the story of Broadway, old and new, from the Bowling Green to Albany (1911) (14775771402)

The greatest street in the world - the story of Broadway, old and new,...

Identifier: greateststreeti00jenk (find matches) Title: The greatest street in the world : the story of Broadway, old and new, from the Bowling Green to Albany Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Jenkins, Stephen, 1... More

The Street railway journal (1886) (14761725672)

The Street railway journal (1886) (14761725672)

Identifier: streetrailwa318861887newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1899) (14735951406)

The Street railway journal (1899) (14735951406)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo151899newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1900) (14572585448)

The Street railway journal (1900) (14572585448)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo161900newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1900) (14572116800)

The Street railway journal (1900) (14572116800)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo161900newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1900) (14758483372)

The Street railway journal (1900) (14758483372)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo161900newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1901) (14572071339)

The Street railway journal (1901) (14572071339)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo181901newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1901) (14735691716)

The Street railway journal (1901) (14735691716)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo181901newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1901) (14758712615)

The Street railway journal (1901) (14758712615)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo181901newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1901) (14756343634)

The Street railway journal (1901) (14756343634)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo181901newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1901) (14756362604)

The Street railway journal (1901) (14756362604)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo181901newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1902) (14575016138)

The Street railway journal (1902) (14575016138)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo201902newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The Street railway journal (1907) (14757967414)

The Street railway journal (1907) (14757967414)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo301907newy (find matches) Title: The Street railway journal Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation Publisher: New York : McGraw ... More

The street railway review (1891) (14572020749)

The street railway review (1891) (14572020749)

Identifier: streetrailwayrev12amer (find matches) Title: The street railway review Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American ... More

AmCyc New York (city) - New Post Office

AmCyc New York (city) - New Post Office

Drawing/wood engraving of the "New Post Office" (1879) in New York City. It also housed courts of the United States. It was located at the southern extremity of the City Hall Park. Doric and Renaissance architecture.

New York World Building New York City