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Gillender Building, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites The Gillender Building was a skyscraper located in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was completed in 1896 and was one of the first steel-framed high-rise buildings in the city. The building wa More

Taft Parade, Admiral Coghlan in auto, New York

A group of men riding on the back of a horse drawn carriage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Irving Trust Bldg., 1 Wall St. - Irving Underhill Co. photo

JO8624 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C 20599. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc., N.Y.C.

Union Square, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[New York (City). View toward Shoe & Leather Bank; busy street scene of pushcarts, wagons, and horse-drawn trolley]

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

[Street types of New York City: Emigrant and pretzel vendor]

Photoprint copyrighted by Elizabeth Alice Austen. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Madison Square Garden, New York City]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Men on a bench, Madison Square, New York

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General view looking towards front, 34th St. [Thirty-fourth Street] National Bank, New York City

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buying Easter flowers in Union Square, New York

A group of people standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flower vender's [i.e. vendor's] Easter display in Union Square Park, New York

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[West Street, New York City, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fifth Avenue at Fifty-seventh Street, north to Central Park, New York City]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[New York, N.Y., Flatiron Bldg. from Madison Square Park]

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

Herald Square, New York City - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Broadway and Times Building (One Times Square), New York City]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Broadway and Times Building (One Times Square), New York City]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"L" Station, Chatham Square, New York

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

America's first Suffragette parade which marched up Broadway to Union Square, New York, Feb. 1905

Shows crowd - mostly men. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Women's suffrage in the United States - Activities, 1905-1912. George Grantham Bain Collect More

[New York (City). Coaching club group on top of coach: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brewster, Mrs. O. Gould Jennings and Rosamond Street]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Street; Jennings; Brewster; Coaching; Title; Shelf.

Central Park, New York City, New York City

Snow view. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Broadway and Herald Square Theatre at night, New York City]

H96366 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Exhibited: On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theater and Film in Early 20th Century American Art, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, M More

5th Ave. Easter Parade, New York

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Bronx Lake from New York Zoological Park, 183 D. St. and Southern Blvd., New York City: Boat landing

H110829 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Parks; Boats; Geogr.

Taft parade, Architects Div., H.V.B. Magonigle, Marshal, New York

A group of men walking down a street holding signs. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Catching goldfish in Union Square, N.Y. Dec. 1908

Four boys (newspaper carriers) catching goldfish in fountain. Bain News Service photograph. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-B2-622-6.

Bakers and big loaf - Labor parade, New York, May 1, 1909

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

National City Bank, Wall St. New York

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

Returning summer crowd outside Grand Central 9/8/08 [New York]

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

Messenger boy, delivering bundles Union Square, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Messenger boys, City Hall Park, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shovelling snow in City Hall Park, New York

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Broad and Wall St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Messenger, City Hall Park, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[New York City street scenes - crowds before Trinity Church]

Nearly identical image - LC-USZ62-107836. George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of Union Square, New York City, showing park and surrounding buildings]

J154178 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of the city, skyscraper buildings, cityscape, downtown, urban environment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Pankhurst in Wall St. - Public domain image related to music prformance, photograph

Photo shows a woman suffrage meeting in New York City, where British suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst addressed a crowd near the Subtreasury Building on Wall Street, New York City, on November 27, 1911. (So More

Broad St. south from Wall St., New York City

Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wall St. east from Nassau St., New York City

J155945 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill. No. C-8101.

Manhattan Life Building, 66 Broadway

J177075 U.S. Copyright Office. No. D 648. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.

[New York City street scenes - 5th Avenue]

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chorus girls in Wall St. - Public domain demonstration photograph

A group of men standing next to a car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Children on sleds in Central Park, New York City]

Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chorus girls in Wall St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[New post office, 8th Ave. and 31st Street, New York City]

J204928 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Liberty Bond salesman, Wall St.

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miriam Rollin - 1298 College Avenue, New York City (Age 23)

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, full-length, Miriam Rollin, seated on a balustrade, facing right with head turned back toward camera, wearing long skirt, blouse, and vest. More

New York City--Broad St. south from Wall St.

J216873 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Up Broad St. near Wall St., overlooking the "Curb Market," north to Stock Exchange and Sub-Treasury, New York City

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Germany surrenders / W.L. Drummond, 72 Wall St.

Photograph shows celebrations on Wall Street with confetti, American flags, and crowds of people.

Removing bodies after Wall St. explosion Volunteers removing the bodies of the dead following the explosion in Wall Street yesterday. Photo taken in front of the U.S. Assay Office / / Underwood & Underwood.

Photograph shows men carrying covered corpse on a stretcher surrounded by a crowd after an explosion in front of the offices of J.P. Morgan. No. 233856NF. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1971:022 c1 f5

[New York City street scenes - Easter on 5th Avenue]

Photo shows Fifth Avenue, New York City on Easter day, March 23, 1913. Title devised by Library staff from caption on item. Date from related glass negative LC-B2-2529-12 with date " '13". Date on caption on it More

Wall St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo taken at the Wall Street terrorist bombing, Sept. 16, 1920, in the New York City financial district. (Source: Library staff, 2008)

Guarding Assay Office entrance, Wall St.

Photo taken at the Wall Street terrorist bombing, Sept. 16, 1920, in the New York City financial district. (Source: Library staff, 2008)

Wall St. explosion - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo taken at the Wall Street terrorist bombing, Sept. 16, 1920, in the New York City financial district. (Source: Library staff, 2008)

Bank of New York Bldg. 48 Wall St. cor. William St.

J184816 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. No. C 14869.

Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924. Location: New York, New York (State)

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924. Location: New York, New York (State)

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924. Location: New York, New York (State)

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gotham Hotel, 5th Avenue and 55th Street, New York City, New York]

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of hotel with cars in the street dating approximately from the 1930s.

New York city views. Times Square from 41st story of Continental Building at dusk

Public domain photograph of broadway, city downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tudor City Complex, Stewart Hall, 310 Mitchell Place, New York, New York County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-6075-K Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

230 Park Ave., New York City. Park Avenue, north from 6th floor

Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Museum of the City of New York, 5th Ave. and 103rd St., New York City. South Street group, detail II

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

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

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Children playing in the gutter on 139th Street just east of St. Anne's Avenue, Bronx, New York

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene on 8th Avenue, New York City

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Background for Hightstown project photographs. Seventh Avenue and West 28th Street, New York. Garment workers leave the factories for noon hour

Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street scene on 38th Street near 7th Avenue, New York City. Teenager reading newspaper

Picryl description: Public domain photograph related to mass media, press, newspaper, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An avenue of clothes washings between 138th and 139th Street apartments, just east of St. Anne's Avenue, Bronx, New York

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hair tonic salesman advertising his wares, 7th Avenue at 38 Street, New York City

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Apartment houses as viewed through vacant lot. In vicinity of 139th Street just east of St. Anne's Avenue Bronx, New York

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two men in conversation, 7th Avenue near 38th Street, New York City

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, New York, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mothers talking together and child playing in the gutter, 139th Street just east of St. Anne's Avenue, Bronx, New York

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene on 7th Avenue near 38th Street, New York City

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a busy city street. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A picket on 7th Avenue, New York City

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Street scene at 38th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Employment agency, Sixth Avenue, New York, New York

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newsstand and subway, Eighth Avenue, New York, New York

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Employment agency, Sixth Avenue, New York, New York

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bootblack, corner Fourteenth Street and Eighth Avenue, New York, New York

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sign man, Sixth Avenue, New York, New York

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Employment agency, Sixth Avenue, New York, New York

Public domain photograph of street advertisement signs, downtown commercial district, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bootblack, Fourteenth Street and Eighth Avenue, New York, New York

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Employment agency on Sixth Avenue, New York, New York

Public domain photograph of street advertisement signs, downtown commercial district, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Signs, Fourth Avenue, New York City

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peanut wagon on Lenox Avenue and 133rd Street, New York City

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fifth Avenue approaching 47th Street. New York City, New York

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon

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Fifth Avenue approaching 57th Street. New York City. Some New Yorkers use personally owned limousines driven by private uniformed drivers. New York City, New York

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seagram Building, New York City. Night shot

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

40 Central Park West, New York City. View from Central Park, night effect

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.