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[Renaissance Lodge Room in Masonic Temple, New York City]

J134501 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Wurts(?) Brothers Photo., N.Y. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Presidential sweep-stakes for 1849

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

Monster Democratic Torch-Light Procession Passing Through Union Square...

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

Scene at the polls, New York City--Boxes for the distribution of ticke...

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.

Interior view of the central office of I.M. Singer & Co., 458 Broadway...

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

The Japanese Embassy in New York--scenes and incidents

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.

Broadway looking up -- New York. New York (state) 19th Century Stereos...

On mount: Stereoscopic Gems of New York & Vicinity. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Mr. Lealand's i.e. Leland's house, New Roachell i.e. New Rochelle, pro...

Photograph shows Castle View (or Leland Castle), the home of New York City businessman and hotel proprietor Simeon Leland, New Rochelle, New York. "Charlie" in green on back. Publisher attribution based on pro... More

Central Park, New York, New York. Gate design R.M. Hunt, architect

Landscape design drawing shows design for gate entrance to park, possible at 6th Avenue. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The A... More

[Pierrepont family monument, Green-Wood Cemetery, New York City. Eleva...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Church of the Epiphany, Reverend Lot Jones, D.D., Rector, 130 Stanton ...

Forms part of the: Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gottheim; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008: 007)

[The Hartford table, Metropolitan Fair, New York City]

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

View on Broadway, near Trinity Church New York City

Photograph shows a view of rooftops, a flag and the Trinity Church spire, Broadway, New York City, New York. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNY 32A. Forms part of the Larr... More

The Astor House New York City - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Gottheim collection code: GNY 77. "S.A. Newman, Druggist & Chemist, 115 Main Street, Rochester" retailer label on back of card. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Colle... More

A den in Baxter Street wood engraving, Library of Congress

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

[Photograph of sculpture "Lincoln of The Second Inaugural," bronze by ...

Sculpture located in Union Square, New York City. Unveiled September 16, 1870.

New York City - Medical College for Women, East Twelfth Street and Sec...

Class. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1870), p. 72. Reference copy may be in LOT 4399. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC ; Shelf.

"Our" Seventh - Fair financiering of the curled darlings

Cartoon on Seventh Regimental armory in N.Y.C. and the social activities of its occupants. Color lithograph by Joseph Keppler. Illus. in: Puck, v. 6, 1879 Nov. 26. Reference copy may be in LOT 4383-I. This reco... More

How the street-cleaning authorities in New York guard against summer e...

Irishman(?) cleaning street with broom in slum, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 48, (1879 Aug. 2), p. 372.

New York City - ladies of the Flower and Fruit Mission waiting upon pa...

With insert of exterior of the tent. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1880 Oct. 2), p. 69. Reference copy may be in LOT 4399. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capti... More

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows interior with ornate wall and windows. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Lib... More

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows man looking out of leaded glass windows. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (L... More

The wonderful East-River suspension bridge connecting the great cities...

Print showing view of the suspension bridge from docks at the Brooklyn side; includes views of three "Points of interest in New York City." Copyright 1883, by Charles Lubrecht.

Panoramic map of 1887 Brewster, N.Y.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 539 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

[The Statue of Liberty. 2 pictures: 1. The statue - Bedloe's Island; 2...

2 albertypes copyrighted by Adolph Wittemann, New York City. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Statues.

Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City

Bird's-eye-view. Photo-engraving copyrighted by A. Rossman. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Western Union; Publ. Ind.

[Vendors selling fish at a market in New York City, possibly the Fulto...

No. 87122 (reverse image on photograph). Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Bowery, New York] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

New York from P&R Ry. station - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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

N.Y.C. Post Office. Panoramic view showing Broadway and Park Row

Photo copyrighted by J.S. Johnston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. New York City.

Decker Building, Union Square, New York City

Photoprint copyrighted by J.S. Johnston, N.Y. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

Elevated railroad, N.Y. / Loeffler, S.I., N.Y.

No. 100. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[New York City]: Street sweeper and broom

Photo copyrighted by Elizabeth Alice Austen. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Carts...; Street cleaning; NY NYC Misc. 1896; NY NYC Views 1896; Carts & wagons; Shelf.

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Images in and around New York City ...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Street types of New York City: Newsboys]

Photoprint copyrighted by Elizabeth Alice Austen. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Occupations; Child labor Newsboys.

[Street types of New York City: Street cleaner with pick ax standing i...

Photoprint copyrighted by Elizabeth Alice Austen. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Occupations; Street cleaners; Postal service.

[Elevated railroad in New York City, possibly 110th St.]

Copyright by J.S. Johnston. Public domain photograph of train car, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Images from New York City VI

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Images from New York City XI

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Images in and around New York City ...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

He shouldn't have any trouble in choosing / Dalrymple.

Print shows Father Knickerbocker, symbolic figure of New York City, labeled "Greater New York" with a "Vote" in his pocket, deciding between the "Tammany" Tiger (John C. Sheehan?), on the left, representing "Sp... More

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows paneled walls and decorative carved figures in room converted from children's playroom. Architect from A monograph of the William K. Vanderbilt house, Richard Morris Hunt, architect... More

[Adoration, posed by May Holly and Hortense in the photographer's New ...

Woman, seated, facing right, holding child which is standing in her lap. LOT 10137 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier... More

[Old reservoir, Fifth Ave., 40 - 42d Streets, New York City]

Photo copyrighted by H.N. Tiemann, N.Y. 39057. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Reservoirs; Ph. Ind.

[Waldorf-Astoria, 5th Ave. south from 35th St., New York City] / J.S. ...

43541 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 248. Copyright by J.S. Johnston, N.Y.

Policemen's parade, Fifth Avenue, New York

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[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.

Lower New York. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Castle Garden and Battery Park from harbor. Photo copyrighted by Loeffler. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Waterfront; NY NYC Buildings Castle G.; NY N... More

Open air school, N.Y.C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

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

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

A Living sign on Fifth Avenue, New York City

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

Fifth Avenue at Forty-second Street, New York

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

[Broadway, north from Cortlandt Street, New York, N.Y.]

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

[Riverside Drive, Upper West Side, New York City]

Photograph shows Riverside Drive from 73rd Street, with the Charles M. Schwab House (Riverside) with lawn on the right.

[Broadway at night from Times Square, New York, N.Y.]

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

F. Ziegfeld, Jr. presents Anna Held in Papa's wife by DeKoven & Smith.

The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from 1907 to 1931 known for their elaborate costumes, sets, and special effects, as we... More

May Day Parade, N.Y.C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Marion Davies - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Marion Davies - American actress and film producer active du... More

[Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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

Bowling Green offices, New York

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

[Victor Poster : Sophie Braslau]

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia)

The sitting-out bag used in open air schools in New York and elsewhere

Boy wearing coat with attached bag covering feet, seated at table, outside of classroom, reading, New York City. Fig. no. 30. On verso: Jessie Tarbox Beals, New York. Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.

[New York City bandstand]. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Photograph shows various groups of people gathered outside to watch band playing instruments on bandstand.

[Library in clubhouse, New York City]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Street in 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.

Whitehall Building, New York City

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

An Afternoon on the beach - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[Italian neighborhood with street market, Mulberry Street, New York]

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

Canal boats at East River docks, New York, N.Y

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "558" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013901. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Interior, living room, New York City

Title from jacket. "E 1" on jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043306. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Brooklyn Bridge, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "WHJ 283" on negative. "Arbuckle Brothers Sugar Refinery" on building at left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013395. Gift; State Historical Society of Col... More

[Cornelia Montgomery, small 3/4 face - 3/4 figure, a portrait made in ...

Cornelia Montgomery, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, holding flowering branch. LOT 10137 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mi... More

Opening of public schools, N.Y.C. New York City

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

Curling-N.Y.C, George Grantham Bain Collection

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

Jewish New Year - with prayer shawl & Bible

Photo shows man and boy reading from Bible on Yom Kippur, in New York City. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on ... More

[Harmony, a study of the Brundigee family (father, mother and child) a...

Mr. & Mrs. Brundigee holding violoncellos as their son sits on the floor. LOT 10137 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebie... More

The enchanted drawing / - vaudeville film

"Upon a large sheet of white paper a cartoonist is seen at work rapidly sketching the portrait of an elderly gentleman of most comical feature and expression. After completing the likeness the artist rapidly dr... More

[Exterior of tenement house, New York City]

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

Farrar - Public domain portrait print

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film... More

Geraldine Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1882. She began her career in Europe. Metropolitan Opera in... More

Farrar - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman holding flowers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent... More

Farrar - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of two men and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent fil... More

Farrar - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and sil... More

Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of actress, group of people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and... More

Rapid transit construction work at Union Square, New York City, June 8...

Photo copyrighted by Underhill, N.Y.C. cf. America's Yesterdays, p, 73. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Subways NY NYC 1901; NY NYC Union Sq.; NY NYC Views 19... More

Governers [sic] Island & The Narrows

Detail of photograph shows Governors Island, New York, with ships sailing in New York Harbor and urban buildings in the foreground. H5007 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, New York.

[City skyscrapers] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. Note on verso: Illustration for "Mid-Air Dining Clubs" by Cleveland Moffett, Century, 62:643 (Sept. 1901) ; not published. (DLC/PP-1932:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illu... More

Flatiron Building [under construction], New York City

Photoprint copyrighted by Charles L. Ritzmann, N.Y.C. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Boys pouring wax(?) into molds in factory]

H15817 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by W.B. Northrop, World Building, New York City.

Excavating for a New York foundation /

The scene is an excavation pit at an unidentified New York City construction site. A crew of six men can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden cart. Then a full cart is slowly lifted out of the pit ... More

[Brooklyn Bridge, New York, N.Y.], mammoth plate negative

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

[New York City, Snap Shatow, 42nd Street, showing entrance to G[ran]d ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, 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.

Gutter toy merchant, New York City, A

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

[New York City skyline] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Herald Square, New York - 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.

South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

New York and Brooklyn Bridge - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30073. Transparency cracked from center left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017413. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

One Hundred and Tenth Street - Public domain city architecture drawing

New York City. View looking down from under the elevated at street below, scribbled figures on sidewalks, horse and carriages on street, yellow trolley crossing halfway down. Wuerth, L.A. List of original drawi... More

The balloon, Coney Island, New York City

New York City. View down street of Coney Island, figures walking, ferris wheel dominates right side, tower frames left, with purplish balloon floating above in sky with trails of orange and yellow.

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