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Gracie Mansion, Carl Schurz Park, East Eighty-Sixth Street, New York, ...

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Old Leake & Watts Orphanage, Amsterdam Avenue & 110th Street, New York...

Survey number: HABS NY-426 Building/structure dates: ca. 1838 Initial Construction

Hamilton Grange, (Moved From) 237 West 141 Street to 141st Street & Am...

Significance: From the NHL nomination: Built in 1801-02, Hamilton Grange was the only home Alexander Hamilton owned and here he lived from 1802 until his death on July 11, 1804. Although not of the Revolutionar... More

Henry Hudson Parkway, Extending 11.2 miles from West 72nd Street to Br...

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Henry Hudson Parkway, Extending 11.2 miles from West 72nd Street to Br...

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[Manhattan Beach Hotel, Long Island, N.Y.]

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The belle of Union Square - Public domain American sheet music

"The homeward bound fleet." For the use of ship owners, brokers, impor...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 123, Folder 7a.

Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa, American march music

Piano music (browse displayText)

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of the city, skyscraper buildings, cityscape, downtown, urban environment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...

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Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...

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Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Statue of Liberty, New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...

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Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...

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Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...

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South Street Seaport Museum, 21-25 Fulton Street, 21-25 Fulton Street,...

Significance: George P. Rogers, a wealthy New York businessman, built this group of three Greek Revival commercial buildings on Fulton Street in 1845-46. Recently restored, 21, 23, 25 Fulton Street are now part... More

Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa, American march music

St. Vincent's Hospital, Elizabeth Seton Building, 151-167 West Elevent...

Significance: St. Vincent's Hospital, which includes this building, was founded in 1849 by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. It is the third oldest, and first Catholic, hospital in the city. This i... More

Tribune Building, 154 Printing House Square, Nassau & Spruce Streets, ...

Significance: One of New York's first skyscrapers when built in 1874, the Tribune Building was raised to its present height by the addition of nine stories in 1905. It was designed by Richard Morris Hunt and wa... More

Atlas of the city of New York lying south of 166th st. showing surface...

Blue line print. Includes index map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotations in ink, pencil, and colored pencil on some maps. LC copy imperfect: Title page torn ve... More

Key plate of the heroes of the Revolution ... Published by Philip Levy...

Exchange: Historical society of York County, Pa. 7-11-40.; On verso of Copy 2: (Stamp) NEG PHOTOSTAT IN RARE BK, PORTFOLIO 123 ITEM 13. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as f... More

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Schooner "Lettie G. Howard", South Street Seaport Museum, New York, Ne...

Significance: This vessel is the last remaining example of a FREDONIA model schooner, once the standard fishing boat type in North American offshore fisheries. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this s... More

Schooner "Lettie G. Howard", South Street Seaport Museum, New York, Ne...

Significance: This vessel is the last remaining example of a FREDONIA model schooner, once the standard fishing boat type in North American offshore fisheries. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this s... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New York; Special Atlases, New York, N...

1919 - 1921: Vol. 1, 1919. 29 Sheet(s). Includes Warehouse Map Including Hoboken, Manhattan, the Bronx. Bound.

St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway & Fulton Streets, New York, New York Count...

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Grand Central Post Office Annex, Forty-fifth Street & Lexington Avenue...

Significance: The Grand Central Post Office Annex was envisioned as a key element of the Grand Central Station complex, one of the most important example of monumental urban planning in the United States. Desig... More

Music Hall, 154 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York, New York County, ...

Significance: Carnegie Hall's name is synonymous world-wide with musical excellence. It is noted for its acoustics as well as its rich musical history. The hall, together with the artists' studio which surround... More

Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...

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Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Third Avenue Elevated Line, Boroug...

Significance: A part of the first Subway system constructed in New York City. Survey number: HAER NY-68 Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Building/structure... More

United Nations Vicinity Area Study, Second Avenue, East Forty-first, E...

Survey number: HABS NY-6254 Public domain photograph of New York historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grant's Monument, Riverside Drive & West 122nd Street, New York, New Y...

Significance: Designed by John H. Duncan, this monument to honor General Ulysses S. Grant, who had served his country as president, was constructed from 1891-1897. Funds for the building were raised through pub... More

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, Third & Fourth Aven...

Significance: Founded by industrialist Peter Cooper, the Cooper Union was a pioneering institution in providing free private higher education. Its original building has historic technological importance becaus... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa, American march music

Piano music (4 hands) (browse displayText)

Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa, American march music

Piano music (6 hands) (browse displayText)

[Unfinished draught for a topographical map of the northern part of Ne...

Scale ca. 1:7,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Shows Fort Lee, Fort Washington, Fort Independence, the 8 redoubts built by the British to command Kingsbridge, troop... More

The preachers say, the church do. New York: C. Dingley, Printer, 45 Bo...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Centennial Fourth - illumination of Union Square, New York / drawn...

Crowd watching fireworks. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 July 22, p. 596.

Map and guide of the elevated railroads of New York City.

Outline map of Manhattan showing stations. Includes train schedule and list of points of interest. Scale ca. 1:29,000. At top of map: "Manhattan Railway. Official map and guide to all the elevated railways in N... More

Manhattan two-step - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

New York police parade, June 1st, 1899 /

"An excellent view of "The Finest," on their annual parade and inspection, June 1, 1899. The head of the column is just turning into 14th Street from Broadway, the Morton House forming part of the background. C... More

Map showing the Metropolitan Street Railway system and lines operated ...

Covers Manhattan Island south of 166th Street. Shows electric streetcar and horsecar lines. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Imperfect: Rubber-stamped, annotated in blue pencil "1899²/25413". Include... More

Festa in Little Italy - Public domain portrait photograph

Italian wares on display in front of shops, Little Italy, New York City. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the... More

From Met. Life Tower looking south [toward Battery and New York Harbor...

Public domain photograph of historic cityscape, city, 19th-century, vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn - Public domain city architecture photog...

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

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From Met. Life Tower - West looking toward Hudson River, Manhattan

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Joseph Pennell - [Battery Park]

[In Society of Iconophiles, N.Y., 1905 (portfolio), no. 1] Wuerth, 144. Signed in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compi... More

Picturesque New York twelve photogravures from monotypes by C.F.W Miel...

Print shows a street view of a corner market with dwellings above, a street vendors cart, and skyscrapers in the background. Signed and dated on plate. Paper has watermark on lower right corner: O.W.P. Paper h... More

Bank hurt by bomb, 11615 - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows the aftermath of a bombing of the Italian Consulate at 226 Lafayette St, on Cleveland Place in Little Italy, New York City on November 5, 1915. The Banca A. Alvino & Figlio (bank) is to the rig... More

Linc. Steffens - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows American journalist, lecturer and political philosopher Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936), in Union Square, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

G.G.B. [i.e., George Grantham Bain] in Stutz

Photograph shows George Grantham Bain, head of the Bain News Service, driving a Stutz passenger car near Union Square, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Mayor Mitchel boarding RECRUIT - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photograph shows New York Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) boarding the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds during Wo... More

Wash day on RECRUIT - Public domain demonstration photograph

Photograph shows sailors hanging wash on the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

[Down to the trains, Pennsylvania Station, New York]

Prints shows passengers descending the stairs from the steel-and-glass concourse to the platform of Pennsylvania Station.

Wall St. bomb - 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)

Eleven year old Tony, who shines in Union Square, New York City. Says ...

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Chamber of Commerce Building, 65 Liberty Street, New York, New York Co...

Survey number: HABS NY-397 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001214

New York City views. Markets in lower Manhattan I

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National Airmail essay winners, (L.R.) Postmaster Vincent Burke, Wash....

A black and white photo of three people shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Discusses Wall Street reforms with Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Oct. 2...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York City views. Times Square, Globe marquee

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buildings from Battery Park. New York City

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Transfer; United States... More

New York, New York. Class in citizenship and English for Italians give...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington Square North (House), Washington Square North & Fifth Avenu...

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

[Lower Manhattan Expressway, New York City. Bird's-eye perspective]

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Aerial view of New York, New York

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

65 East 125th St., Harlem, 1990

Photograph shows two storefronts, including "Kitchen Cabinets" and "Grocery, Candy, Smoke Shop."

Aerial view of New York City, in which the World Trade Center Twin Tow...

Aerial was taken a couple of months before the 9/11 tragedy. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital im... More

View of New York City's Manhattan borough, or county-like administrati...

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest roadway bridges in the United States, the Brooklyn Bridge was started in 1869 and completed fourteen years later in 1883. Title, date and keywords based on information p... More

View of New York City's Brooklyn borough, or county-like administrativ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York

"*GPO:2010--357-940/80530." The map is a location map indicating the site of the house (now rebuilt) in which Theodore Roosevelt was born in Midtown Manhattan (New York City). Title from panel. Includes text, c... More

Sunset view of the Manhattan (borough) skyline and the Hudson River fr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

The dark and dingy but still functional (as of 2018) Chambers Street S...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

View from the Empire State building of Central Manhattan, including ot...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Dusk view of New York, with a focus (center) on architect Rafael Vinol...

Construction of the building, preceded by the demolition of the historic 495-room Drake Hotel, began in 2012 and was completed three years later. It is (as of 2018) the the tallest residential building in the W... More

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

Academy of Design. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

On mount: New York City. No. 212.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... More

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,

Also available in digital form.

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... More

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... More