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[New York City Police Dept. activities: 5 police and detectives at HQ]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Photo by Bain News Service. Caption card tracings: Police; Crime; Shelf.

Bronx Lake from New York Zoological Park, 183 D. St. and Southern Blvd...

H110829 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Parks; Boats; Geogr.

Conried Funeral - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows funeral service and coffin of Heinrich Conried (1855-1909), a theatrical manager, and, until 1908, director of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Metropolitan Life Insurance Bldg.

Bird's-eye view, New York City. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - New York City sk... More

Floating hospital, George Grantham Bain Collection

The Helen C. Juilliard, a riverboat used as a hospital, operated for poor by St. John's Guild, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection.

[New York, N.Y., Manhattan Bridge]

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

Removing Conried's body from Metropolitan Opera House

Photo shows funeral and coffin of Heinrich Conried (1855-1909), a theatrical manager and, until 1908, director of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

University of New York #2, New York City

J133483 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; October 19, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Dr. Cook in N.Y. - Public domain portrait print

Frederick A. Cook, standing in front of crowd, with three policemen, New York City. Copyright by George Grantham Bain. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

The Court of Honor. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Brightly lit court at Hudson-Fulton celebration, New York City. 133385 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 70.

N.Y.C. - "The Approved Order of Redmen" marching in street parade, sho...

Stereo by Stereo-Travel Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Love's stratagem, Movie Poster - Art nouveau public domain poster

Motion picture poster for "Love's Stratagem" showing three scenes from the movie set against an art nouveau design. IMP - Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America, 111 E. 14th St. New York City. No. 1. Purch... More

The necklace - movie film screenshot

The Kendricks are a young couple, excited to have been invited to an important social event. Mrs. Kendrick buys a new gown and borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend. At the ball, the necklace it is stolen, ... More

Give the town a good flushing out. It needs it / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows Father Knickerbocker, symbolic figure of New York City, using a hose attached to a fire hydrant to wash the city streets clean of mud labeled "Mr. Mud, Mrs. Mud, Gaynor Mud, Hearst Mud, Ivins... More

Un bel dì, vedremo - gramophone disc, record label

Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra 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 car... More

Katherine Davis - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows criminologist, social reformer and writer Katharine Bement Davis (1860-1935) who served as Commissioner of Corrections for New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Hotel de Gink -- morning coffee

Photograph shows men drinking coffee at the Hotel de Gink, a hotel for "hobos" and itinerant workers located at Centre and Worth Streets, the Bowery, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012 and th... More

Sailor Burke - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Charles Prasser (also known as Sailor Burke), a New York City welterweight champion boxer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Toy yacht, Cent'l [Central] Park

Photograph shows a man with a model yacht (gaff cutter) at Conservatory Lake, Central Park, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

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

Crowd waiting for [Jack] Johnson, New York City

On 42nd St(?) outside Hammerstein's(?). Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Another copy of photograph in LOT 10817. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library... More

David Mannes - Color separation negative, public domain

Photograph shows David Mannes (1866-1959), an American violinist and conductor who founded the Colored Music Settlement School and the Mannes Music School, in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

G.M.S. Schulz - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph probably shows judge and New York State legislator George M.S. Schultz (1871-1930) who was appointed as the Public Service Commissioner for New York City in March, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

G.T. Kirby & wife, Mrs. L.R. Guggenheim, Com'r Stover

Photo shows Gustavus Town Kirby (far left), President of the Amateur Athletic Union and president of the American Olympic Committee for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and Charles Bunstein Stover (1861-1929), Parks... More

Joseph Pennell - The elevated, New York City

[His New York series] Wuerth, 191. Edition of 25. Signed in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall.... More

New York skyscrapers from Jersey City

J141268 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Irving Underhill; May 12, 1910. Copyright claimant's address: New York. No. H-38.

Handicapped. A legitimate occupation. Location: New York, New York (S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Hot weather Charity [horse] N.Y.C.

A man standing next to a horse holding a sign. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A.E. Smith - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows politician Alfred E. Smith, sheriff of New York County who was involved in the investigation of the bombing of the Italian Consulate at 226 Lafayette St., on Cleveland Place in Little Italy, Ne... More

Battery Park on hot day - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

At Broad Channel - a card game - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photograph shows men playing cards next to a primus stove in a home in Broad Channel, Queens, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

5th Ave. Ap't. House - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows Isaac Brokaw mansion, designed by Rose & Stone, with apartment house in background, New York City. The mansion was located at 5th Avenue and East 79th St. and demolished in 1965. (Source: Flickr Com... More

Heavy Loads. Park Row. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brooklyn Bridge "Newsie". Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chinatown - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows street scene in front of Cafe Mandarin, 11-13 Doyers Street, Chinatown, New York City. Sign at upper right is for the Morning Star Mission, 17 Doyers Street. Sign at lower right is for the Resc... More

Russian immigrant home, N.Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photo shows the Russian Immigrant home at 347 East 14th St, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Woolworth Building at night, New York City

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

Park Place and Broadway, N.W. corner, New York City

Showing building housing New York American and Underhill's photo studio. Photoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill, New York. No. C7749. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

ARBUCKLE Hotel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows the Stamler, a ship off the shore of New York City, established by John Arbuckle (founder of Arbuckle's coffee business) as living quarters for low income working young adults. (Source: Flickr Commo... More

[Brooklyn Bridge and New York skyline, New York, N.Y.]

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

Small "Newsies" scrambling to get extras for Johnson-Jeffries Fight, H...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of Messengers, lower Broadway. Location: New York, New York (St...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ober as Amneris - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows American opera singer Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885-1971) as Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. Arndt-Ober performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City between 1913 and 1917. (Source: Flickr ... More

Institute of Musical Art, Claremont Ave. & 122nd St.

Exterior of the Institute of Musical Art, New York City. J146412 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, New York. No. C-7812.

Returning summer crowd outside Grand Central 9/8/08 [New York]

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

At Broad Channel - shaving - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a man shaving in a home in Broad Channel, Queens, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

National MAINE Memorial - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows construction of the memorial to the battleship Maine, which exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War of 1898. In 1913, the monument was placed at the Columbus Circle ... More

Waiting for Fight Extras, Times Square. 6 P.M. Location: New York, Ne...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

B'klyn Navy Yard/ Bldg., New Dry Dock

Photograph shows the construction of Dry Dock No. 4 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. Building 131 is in the background at the left. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Waiting for Fight Extras, Times Square. 6 P.M. Location: New York, New...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1657. Photograph relates to the boxing match between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson that took place o... More

Traffic stopped, 34th & Broadway

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

Chinese sailors - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows sailors who accmpanied Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy to Grant's Tomb in New York City on Sept. 18th, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009, and New York Times archiv... More

HAI CHI China. Warship photograph collection

Photo shows the visit of the Chinese cruiser Hai-Chi, to New York City in September, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times Sept. 13, 1911)

Making dollar dresses, Washington Irving High School

Girls using sewing machines to make dresses in high school, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection.

New York City Cotton Exchange - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Bird's-eye view. J159082 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-118367. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ind. Cotton; Ph. Ind.

Arnold Genthe's studio at 41 E. 49th St., New York City

Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Everybody works but----." A common scene in the tenements. Father sit...

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Mary Caperale (a widow), 141 Hudson St., picking nuts, while her ...

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

Scotti; Amato; Hinshaw - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo probably shows three opera singers, baritones Antonio Scotti, Pasquale Amato, and William Hinshaw, who arrived in New York City aboard the steamship George Washington in 1912 to perform with the Metropoli... More

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The breaking point. A heavy load for an old woman. Lafayette St., belo...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boy Scouts [of the New York City area] at Hunter's Island: Sawing wood

Photoprint copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-143733 No copyright renewals. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Boy Scouts; Ph.

[Entrance, American League Park (Hilltop Park), New York City (basebal...

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

[Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City, from 6th Ave.]

Photo copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. B19333. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; NY NYC Views 1912; NY NYC P-; Ph. Ind.; R... More

Oregon girls in N. Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo probably shows suffragists from Oregon who were visiting New York City before meeting in Washington, D.C. with President Wilson. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010 and New York Times, June 18, 1912)

Skyline - N.Y.C.: Woolworth Bldg., Singer Bldg., Bankers Trust Bldg.

Photo shows Lower Manhattan, New York City, with ferry in foreground. Identified buildings include (from left): Woolworth Building (with tower nearing completion), Hudson Terminal, West Street Building, City In... More

Old man carrying garments, Delaney St., N.Y. Location: New York, New ...

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

[General Marlborough Churchill, half-length portrait, seated at desk, ...

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. Thompson St., N.Y...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chief Kenlon - New Motor Fire Engine

Photograph shows a new motor fire engine at the Fire Headquarters of Engine No. 39 at 157 East 67th Street, New York City on February 19, 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013 and The Sun, Feb. 18, 1912) ... More

Ocean liners: Arrival OLYMPIC - Public domain ocean liner image

Photograph shows the ship Olympic docked in New York City on the same day that the Titanic left Southhampton, England. (Source: researcher, G. Voudouris, 2015)

Man carrying bundle of garments. Bleeker St., N.Y. Location: New York...

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

Olympic Parade, City Hall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo showing a parade in New York City related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Negro G.A.R. veterans parading, New York City, May 30, 1912

Photograph shows a small group of African American veterans marching in New York City, N.Y. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Washington hikers collecting - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photo shows suffrage hikers who took part in the suffrage hike from New York City to Washington, D.C. which joined the March 3, 1913 National American Woman Suffrage Association parade. (Source: Flickr Commons ... More

MAINE Monument -- Flowers from Cubans

Photo shows the memorial to the battleship Maine, which exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War of 1898. In 1913, the monument was placed at the Columbus Circle and 59th Street e... More

Mrs. Macy, Helen Keller & Committee, Flower Show

Photo shows Helen Keller (1880-1968) with her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936) accepting presentation of roses at the International Flower Show, New York City, April 7, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons proje... More

MAINE Mon't [i.e., Monument] committee calls on Adm. Badger

Photo shows Maine Monument Committee aboard the Wyoming. This battleship led the fleet during the unveiling ceremonies for the memorial to the battleship Maine, which had exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba,... More

[Frank Metz, first baseman, Boston NL (baseball)]

Photo probably shows baseball player Benjamin Franklin Metz (1883-1954) at the Polo Grounds, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Adm. Badger and Cm'd'r. Quevedo

Photo shows Rear Admiral Charles Johnson Badger, Commander of the Atlantic fleet and Commander Quevedo of the Cuban naval ship Cuba. The men were in New York City to take part in the unveiling ceremonies for th... More

Washington hikers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Aqueduct fire - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo probably shows the Catskill Aqueduct fire, New York City, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Hallowe'en in New York - ducking for plums / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows Charles F. "Murphy" holding "Father Knickerbocker", a symbolic figure for New York City, his hands bound behind his back, over a large tub labeled "City Hall", his head underwater among "Plum... More

Testing fire engines, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows competition of motor pumper engines held by the International Association of Fire Engineers, New York City, Sept. 3, 1913. Pumper engines drew water from the Hudson River. (Source: Flickr Commons pr... More

Gaynor, Badger, Wilson, Smith - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Photo shows Mayor William Jay Gaynor, Docks Commissioner Robert A.C. Smith (1857-1933), Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, Commander of the Atlantic fleet; and General James Grant Wilson, member of the Maine Monum... More

Columbus Circle and Central Park, looking south

Bird's-eye view, New York City. Photo copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. C9537. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

Escort of Dr. Muller - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows escort of Dr. Lauro Severiano Müller (1863-1926), Foreign Minister of Brazil and military engineer who visited New York City in June of 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Time... More

A. Carnegie & Lord Weardale - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) and Philip James Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale (1847-1923), members of the Anglo-American Peace Centenary Committee, standing in front of City Hall in New York City, May 1... More

Isidor Rothandler, 80 Ridge Street, New York. Idiopathic Idiocy. Mothe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Helen Keller, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Helen Keller (1880-1968) with her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936) possibly at the International Flower Show, New York City, April 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from data... More

Mrs. Sus. Fitzgerald, Emma Bugby, Maggie Murphy, Mrs. H.S. Blatch

Photo shows (left to right) suffragists Susan Walker Fitzgerald (1871-1943), Emma Bugbee (1888-1981), Maggie Murphy and Harriot Stanton Blatch (1856-1940) at a women's suffrage parade in New York City. (Source:... More

Army-Navy football, 1913 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo showing spectators, including President Woodrow Wilson, at the Army-Navy football game played at the Polo Grounds in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Engine 91, 1st trip (before 1920)

Firemen with fire engine, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection.

Brooklyn National League Grounds

Photo shows Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Taft at MAINE Monument dedication

Photo shows President William H. Taft during the dedication of the memorial to the battleship Maine, which exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War of 1898. In 1913, the monument ... More

City hall park & B'way south, New York City

View from building looking down on City Hall Park and Broadway, with the Woolworth Building on the right. J182282 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.

Tim Sullivan's funeral, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows funeral for New York Tammany Hall politician Timothy (Big Tim) Daniel Sullivan (1862-1913) which took place at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, the Bowery, New York City, Sept. 15, 1913. (Source: Flickr... More

Testing fire engines - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Helen Keller, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Helen Keller (1880-1968) possibly at the International Flower Show, New York City, April 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on th... More

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