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)
New York City. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.
Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reception of the Japanese Embassy at the Battery
Photograph shows spectators and U.S. officials awaiting the arrival of the Japanese delegation at Battery Park, New York City, June 16, 1860. Carriages and carts in the foreground. "George Stacy, photographer"... More
Bartlett's illustrated map of New York City : or stranger's guide show...
Pictorial map of Manhattan (New York City) south of 62nd Street showing face-front and 3-dimensional drawings of public buildings and major businesses. Also shows streetcar lines and images of boats/ships in th... More
From Washington Building, near Battery Park, west across North River a...
H14663 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C. No. 1.
[Under the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, New York, N.Y.]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Edw. Lauterbach - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photo shows Edward Lauterbach (1844-1923), chairman of the Republican County Committee of New York State. In 1913 Lauterbach was the defense attorney for David Lamar, the "Wolf of Wall Street." (Source: Flickr ... More
Lower Manhattan, from Metropolitan Tower S. to Singer Bldg., New York
J142840 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. U-117362. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Westwood, N.J. No. (23)-10723.
[Crowd on Wall Street before Trinity Church, New York City]
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On the Bowery. Location: New York, New York (State)
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Balfour's arrival, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows the arrival of British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) at Battery Park, New York City, May 11, 1917. Balfour and others are seated in an automobile. (Source: Flickr Commons p... More
Balfour's arrival, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows the arrival of British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) at Battery Park, New York City, May 11, 1917. Balfour and others are seated in an automobile. (Source: Flickr Commons p... More
Adm. Usher & Mayor Mitchel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows New York Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) and Admiral Usher 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 Bon... More
Third Avenue Elevated, New York, New York County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-6373 Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lower Manhattan seen from the S.S. Coamo leaving New York
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Manhattan Beach Housing Project, New York City. Bedroom
Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bryant Park in New York City - Drawing. Public domain image.
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
Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges from the air, 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
A view of the Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn, one of New York City'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
Dusk shot of New York City's Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th...
The cantilever bridge over the East River was completed in 1909. It connects the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens with the neighborhood of the Upper East Side Manhattan, passing over Ro... More
Art deco-style doorway to the 30 Rockefeller Center Building (known co...
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 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 span was started in 1869 and completed fourteen years later in 1883. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by ... More
A portion of New York City's High Line, a 1.45-mile-long elevated line...
High Line was created on the abandoned New York Central Railroad West Side Line in Manhattan. Led by the landscape architecture firm of James Corner Field Operations, the spur was redesigned as a "living system... More
Scene inside Chelsea Market, located in one of dozens of former factor...
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
Harlen (he would not share his last name), left, and Shawn Williams st...
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
Mural by the artists El Mac and CERO celebrating author Nicholas Mohr ...
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
Scene in Lower Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood in New York City
Chinatown, said to be, as of 2018, the highest concentration of people of Chinese heritage in the Western Hemisphere with an estimated population of 90,000 to 100,000 people, Manhattan's Chinatown is also one o... More
View of 8 Spruce Street, originally known as Beekman Tower, a 76-story...
The building is one of the tallest residential towers in the world, and it was the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere at the time of opening in February 2011. Title, date and keywords based on ... More
Artist Nnamdi Okonkwo's 2010 "Three Friends" sculpture in front of Fif...
On a nearby plaque, the artist wrote, "The large and abundant forms are not only aesthetically pleasing to me in their softness, simplicity, and expansiveness, but they also serve to express a monumental and la... More
N.Y. harbor from the Battery - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...
5 negatives form one panorama with close variant of each negative. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-10169, 10168, 10167, 10166, 10165 for one set of negatives and 10174, 10... More
The runaway place: a May idyl of Manhattan,
Also available in digital form.
N.Y. harbor from the Battery - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...
5 negatives form one panorama with close variant of each negative. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-10169, 10168, 10167, 10166, 10165 for one set of negatives and 10174, 10... 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.
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.
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.
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.
South Street Seaport Museum, 205 Front Street, New York, New York Coun...
Significance: Built by 1800, 205 Front Street is one of the oldest buildings in the Seaport. Originally occupied by shipping merchants Jenkins and Havers, the much altered brick building sheltered many differen... More
Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa, American march music
2nd violin part missing
6 Greenwich Street (House), New York, New York County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-75, FN-76 Survey number: HABS NY-473 Building/structure dates: ca. 1815 Initial Construction
U. S. Custom House, 28 Wall Street, New York, New York County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-72, FN-326 Survey number: HABS NY-470 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000889
St. Ann's Church, 295 Saint Ann's Avenue & East 140th Street, New York...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
George Washington Bridge, Spanning Hudson River between Manhattan & Fo...
Significance: At the time of its construction, the George Washington Bridge was the longest span suspension bridge in the world. Survey number: HAER NY-129
Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa, American march music
Banjo and piano music (browse displayText)
Stuyvesant Apartments, 142 East Eighteenth Street, New York, New York ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-43, FN-49, FN-55 Survey number: HABS NY-435 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction
All Saint's Church, 286-290 Henry Street, New York, New York County, N...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31, FN-32 Survey number: HABS NY-4-10 Building/structure dates: ca. 1827 Initial Construction
18 Greenwich Street (House), New York, New York County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-81 Survey number: HABS NY-478 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction
Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa, American march music
Mandolins (2) with guitar (browse displayText)
Mount Vernon Coach House & Stable, 421 East Sixty-first Street, New Yo...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-349 Survey number: HABS NY-459
New York / drawn by J. Bachmann ; print by G. Schlegel, 97 William St....
Bird's-eye view of New York showing the waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, with Battery Park and Governors Island in the foreground. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1874 by John Bachmann in the Offic... More
Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...
Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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...
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...
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...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
New York Hospital, 525 East Sixty-eighth Street, bounded by York Avenu...
Significance: Traditionally known as The New York Hospital, this is a major 1930s high-rise medical center complex. Dominated by a central 27 story tower, the assemblage of descending wings and pavilions gives ... More
South Street Seaport Museum, 206 Front Street, New York, New York Coun...
Significance: Built as a Federal style store and residence for the grocer Matthew Howell in 1798 or 1799, 206 Front Street is one of the oldest buildings in the Seaport. The Howells occupied the building until ... More
South Street Seaport Museum, 206 Front Street, New York, New York Coun...
Significance: Built as a Federal style store and residence for the grocer Matthew Howell in 1798 or 1799, 206 Front Street is one of the oldest buildings in the Seaport. The Howells occupied the building until ... More
8 Greenwich Street (House), New York, New York County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-77 Survey number: HABS NY-474 Building/structure dates: ca. 1909 Initial Construction
New York, New York. Bowery hotel about midnight
Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tudor City Complex, Essex House, 325 East Forty-first Street, New York...
Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sea & Land Church, Henry & Market Streets, New York, New York County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64 Survey number: HABS NY-446 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction
Sea & Land Church, Henry & Market Streets, New York, New York County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64 Survey number: HABS NY-446 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction
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
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
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
New York Hospital, Payne Whitney Clinic, 525 East Sixty-eighth Street,...
Significance: An early 20th century curtain-wall building, part of a larger hospital complex, designed to house a psychiatric treatment clinic for both in-and out- patients. Reflects the movement in the USA awa... More