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![[New York City Chinatown decorated for New Year, Jan. 21, 1909 - looking toward Port Arthur restaurant]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1jaGluYXRvd24tZGVjb3JhdGVkLWZvci1uZXcteWVhci1qYW4tMjEtMTkwOS1sb29raW5nLXRvd2FyZC1wb3J0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/408/jpg "[New York City Chinatown decorated for New Year, Jan. 21, 1909 - looking toward Port Arthur restaurant]")
![[Thirty-fourth Street, New York, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhpcnR5LWZvdXJ0aC1zdHJlZXQtbmV3LXlvcmstbnktMS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Thirty-fourth Street, New York, N.Y.]")
![[New York City. Home of John Jacob Astor, 1912]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1ob21lLW9mLWpvaG4tamFjb2ItYXN0b3ItMTkxMi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[New York City. Home of John Jacob Astor, 1912]")
![[City and harbor of New York]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvY2l0eS1hbmQtaGFyYm9yLW9mLW5ldy15b3JrLWZjN2IwOS02NDAuanBn/40/14/webp "[City and harbor of New York]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection")
![[The S.S. OLYMPIC, 1911: Entering New York Harbor]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXNzLW9seW1waWMtMTkxMS1lbnRlcmluZy1uZXcteW9yay1oYXJib3ItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[The S.S. OLYMPIC, 1911: Entering New York Harbor]")
