History Of New York City

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

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Print shows the waterfront on the south side of New York City with ships and boats in the foreground; prominent features numbered, legend not included.

Print shows two men sitting on a knoll under a tree in the foreground and a distant view of New York City with King's College, now Columbia University, the most prominent building visible. Printed for John Bow More

Cartouche showing allegorical scene with an English trader standing on the shore among barrels and bundles of merchandise and a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt standing among barrels. Illus. in: T More

Print shows a riot in New York City and several buildings on fire. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil .... Bruxelles : 1782, v. 3 (atlas of More

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 112, Folder 23b.

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Print shows the actor Edmund Kean standing with another man, identified as "the physician who attended Mr. Cooke in his last illness", next to the monument Kean had erected in honor of George Frederick Cooke in More

A comic scene representing two New York city political factions, the Whigs and the radical Democrats (or "Loco Focos"), as scuffling newsboys. The scene takes place before the half-built Customs House, where se More

The artist satirizes the split in party loyalties between the Locofoco and Tammany factions of New York City Democrats. In particular he belittles the Irish immigrants widely recruited by the party at the time More

A parade of jubilant New York City Whigs, led by successful mayoral candidate Aaron Clark (at right, with walking stick). Clark, who defeated Tammany candidate John J. Morgan in the Spring election, walks arm-i More

A satirical view of the heavy losses suffered by Loco Foco and Tammany factions of the New York City Democratic party in the municipal elections of April 1837. The vote brought about not only the defeat of Tam More

Another satire on the Panic of 1837, again condemning Van Buren's continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies as the source of the crisis. Clay shows the president haunted by the ghost of C More

A portrayal of Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury as a hen nurturing corruption and shielding New York City customs house officials from congressional scrutiny. Woodbury spreads his wings over several chicks pec More

A complex and somewhat obscure satire celebrating the defeat of Dorrite Democrats in the Rhode Island state elections of spring 1843. The canvass was held the year following the successful suppression of the Do More

The artist employs Aesop's fable about the mountain which was said to be in labor, its dreadful groans attracting expectant crowds only to be disappointed when it issued forth a small mouse. Here the mountain i More

Leather merchant and later a banker in New York City. Scratched on face of plate: 206; Shepherd Knapp. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of More

Mayor of New York City. Identification from engraving of a later photograph by Sarony in Daily graphic, March 31, 1883, p. 221. Scratched on back of plate: 109; Oakey Hall. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DL More

Founder of Atlantic Mutual Marine Insurance Co., of New York City. Alternative identifications: Walter Reston Jones, d. 1855; Walter Jones of Washington; Walter James. Scratched on back of plate: 31; [illegible More

Print shows a man picking the pocket of another man in New York City. Also shows page of text. Illus. in: National Police Gazette, New York, 1846 April 4, front page. No ref. copy. This record contains unverifi More

The Free Soil sympathies of the cartoonist are evident in his portrayal of the 1848 presidential contest as a race between the three major candidates. The contenders are on the course. Whig candidate Zachary T More

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A comic scene ridiculing the Tammany Democrats of New York City. Tammany headquarters, known as the "Wigwam," here erupts in a drunken fracas over the Democratic platform for the presidential race of 1852. The More

Illustration showing a bird's eye view of New York City looking toward Battery Park (?) and a view of Galveston from the bay, boats and ships in foreground. Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 2, no. 20 (1852 M More

Print shows exterior view of the Washington market in New York City with people and wagons in the foreground. Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 4, no. 10 (1853 March 5), p. 160.

Deposit; Verner Reed; 1949. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 150.

Street view showing commercial establishments on the left and in the center background, the United States Hotel. Blind stamp: Meade Brothers, photographers, 233 Broadway, N.Y. Purchase; Marian Carson Collection More

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 2 (1855 Dec. 22), p. 29. Reference copy may be in LOT 4383-R. Caption card tracings: Roads More

Crowd around statue of George Washington on horseback; fireworks in background; banners for Buchanan. New York City. Wood engraving of drawing by T. Nast. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856 S More

Crowd of men in room, one talking to man at a table, Tammany Hall, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 48 (1856 Nov. 8), p. 352.

Crowd of men gathered around booths with signs "Fremont", "Buchanan", and "Fillmore". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 49 (1856 Nov. 15), p. 353.

Signora Frezzolini, half-length portrait, facing left. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1857 Oct. 10, p. 297 (top).

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 4, 1857 July 18, p. 109.

View of fight between two gangs, the "Dead Rabbits" and the "Bowery Boys" in the Sixth Ward, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 4, (1857 July 18), p. 108.

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Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 13, no. 16 (1857 Oct. 17), p. 248.

Print shows interior view of large room with women looking at sewing machines and several men looking at merchandise displays. Possibly engraved by Edward Keating, b. 1825 or 6. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illus More

Crowd watching as firemen fight fire on top of City Hall, New York City.

Artist: Charles Parsons. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6919

Mayor Tiemann and soldiers running to the polls in New York City. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1858 Nov. 13, p. 724.

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 July 17), p. 457. Ref. copy in PRES FILE - Monroe, James Graves. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr. (3); Cemeteries; More

Mayor Tiemann and soldiers running to the polls in New York City; the "voting-place" is a tavern. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 2 (1858 Nov. 13), p. 724.

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 November 20), p. 749. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1859 Nov. 19). Another copy may be in the Landauer Collection, container 33 (A size). Reference copy may be in LOT 4700. This record contains unverified, old da More

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1859 Oct. 1), p. 633. Reference copy may be in SSF - Hotels, Taverns, Etc. U.S./N.Y. N.Y.C. 1859. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: More

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 3, 1859 April 23, pp. 264-265.

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Five Points being a house of industry--New York City. "For D.T. Valentine's Manual 1860." This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: New York (N.Y.); Streets; City & tow More

Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right. Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York, Privately printed, 1911, p. 51. Ostendorf, no. More

Print shows many people seated and standing at a ball in the ballroom of the Metropolitan Hotel, New York City, New York. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 183 (1860 June 30), pp. 408-09.

Photo shows crowd gathered in New York City for the arrival of Japan's first diplomatic mission to the United States on June 16, 1860, with cannons in foreground preparing to fire a salute.

Portrait of three Japanese men who were part of the first Japanese embassy to the United States, which arrived in New York City in June 1860. Names identified as (left to right): interpreter "Tommy" Tateishi On More

Stereograph shows men reading signs in front of the New York Evening Post building, New York, New York.

Print shows a busy interior scene at the Assay Office on Wall Street in New York City, N.Y., where many citizens have come to loan money to the federal government to help finance the war. Illus. in: Frank Lesl More

Caricature showing man on donkey carrying baby, bags "taxation, aldermanic jobs, bribery and corruption", and sign "Fernando Wood", etc. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861, p. 104.

Print showing many boats on the East River with view of New York City in the background.

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Satire on the disreputable class of men allegedly recruited in New York City by Colonel Daniel Sickles for the Excelsior brigade. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: Sketches from the Civil War in More

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Photo shows wounded soldiers resting outside of the Sanitary Commission depot in Fredericksburg. The woman seated in the doorway is volunteer nurse, Abby Gibbons of New York City (source: descendant Angela Sche More

People looking at flowers at the Metropolitan Fair, New York City. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 8 (1864 April 16), p. 241.

Mattresses, barrels, etc. floating on water; wrecked at Daunt's Rock at entrance of Cork or Queenstown harbor. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1864 April 9, Suppl., p. 349. Reference copy may be in LOT More

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Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of soldiers with rifles marching down Broadway in New York City during Lincoln's funeral procession. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T Antho More

Stereograph shows bunting on buildings along Broadway for President Lincoln's funeral procession, New York City, N.Y.

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 502 (1865 May 13), p. 116.

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1865 May 13. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

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Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of the crowd lining Broadway in New York City for Lincoln's funeral procession; a few men in uniform stand in the street. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 18 More

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1865 May 13. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Print shows the funeral procession of President Abraham Lincoln after leaving New York City Hall, with spectators lining the street. The area above the procession is taken up by an advertisement for W.M. Raymon More

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Three illustrations: one showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Governor Paul Dillingham; one showing the oldest fire engine in the United States; and the other showing people digging in garbage dump looking fo More

Wood engraving in Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War, p. 653, (LOT 4041 - volume NOS). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Immigrants at Castle Garden, New York City. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 21 (1866 Jan. 20), p. 280-281. Referenc More

Immigrants at Castle Garden, New York City. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 21 (1866 Jan. 20), p. 281. Reference co More

Cartoon shows Columbia (symbolizing the United States) after her marriage to Brother Jonathan (symbolizing U.S. citizens). Columbia gestures sorrowfully towards African Americans (portrayed in ethnic stereotype More

Wood engraving by Fasel after W. McCracken, copyrighted by Moses B. Coss. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2010:100, 78.958.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 25, 1867 Sept. 21, p. 1.

Print showing bird's-eye view of New York City. Includes numbered key to prominent places and features.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 24, 1867 April 4, p. 33.

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People gambling and drinking in a den on Baxter Street, New York City.

Print shows pedestrians walking along with the "Schutzenfest" procession as it passes through Union Square, New York City, New York.

Soldiers and other men of the Democratic Party demonstrating, banner reading "reduce taxation before taxation reduces us." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 12, 1868 Oct. 24, p. 676.

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Two illustrations: one showing street peddlers, street entertainers, and their customers in front of the Times and Tribune offices; the other showing elevated railway in Greenwich Street, New York City. Illus. More

The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of More

Interior of synagogue. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 3 Oct. 1868, p. 41. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Synagogues.

Original architectural drawing showing a double house in the Neo-Grec style, with connecting studio space, for sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural F More

Print shows the Seventh Infantry Armory in New York City which shared space with Tompkins Market. Illus. in: The manual of the Seventh regiment, National guard, S.N.Y. New York : Pub. by the Board of officers, More

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 29, 1869 Nov. 13, p. 141.

Photograph from architect Richard Morris Hunt's archive showing a double house in the Neo-Grec style, with connecting studio space, which he designed for sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward. Gift; American Institu More