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Testing stream from motor fire engines

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

Ocean liners: IMPERATOR - Public domain ocean liner image

Photo shows the S.S. Imperator, an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line in New York City. The Imperator arrived in New York City on June 19, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, Ju... More

MAINE Monument commitee on WYOMING

Photo shows the battleship Wyoming which led the fleet during the unveiling ceremonies for the memorial to the battleship Maine, which had exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War... More

On the IMPERATOR, Capt. H. von Meibom, Com. Ruser, Capt. A. Hoefer, Ca...

Photo shows the crew of the S.S. Imperator, an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line in New York City. The Imperator arrived in New York City on June 19, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New Yo... More

5th Ave. - Easter, 1913 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Fifth Avenue, New York City on Easter day, March 23, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

N. Y. Horse show, 1913 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

[New York, N.Y., from the bay] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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

Parade 59th St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows parade before the unveiling ceremonies for the memorial to the battleship Maine, which had exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War of 1898. In 1913, the monument was ... More

[Morrie Rath, Chicago AL (baseball)]

Photo shows baseball player Morris Charles Rath at the Polo Grounds, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Fred Scherer & Walt Wiley - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows bicyclists Fred J. Scherer and Walter Wiley in New York City at the start of a bicycle race from New York to San Francisco, May 3, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, May 4, 1913)

Dr. F.F. Friedmann - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedmann (1876-1953) a tuberculosis researcher from Berlin, Germany, who came to New York City in 1913 to show that his "turtle vaccine" would give immunity to the disease. (So... More

Columbus Circle east, [New York City]

Photo copyrighted by Irving Underhill, New York. No. C-9535. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Circles...; Photog. I.; Columbus Circle 1913; Monuments; G... More

[New York City school children. Teen-aged girls dancing at May Pole, M...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Children Misc.; New York NYC Misc. 1913; M... More

Under the hood of the motor fire engine

Photo shows Robinson pumper engine in the 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 Riv... More

May Day Crowd in Union Square - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Photo shows crowd gathered in Union Square, New York City during the May Day parade, May 1, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Gaynor Funeral - Broadway. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows funeral of William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913), Mayor of New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Suffragists marching, probably in New York City in 1913

Title and date based on information for corresponding negative: LC-B2-3643-12. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). LC-B2-3643-12.

Young Fox -- G. McDonald -- Sapper O'Niel i.e., O'Neill

Photo shows British boxers Sapper O'Neill and Young Fox with their manager George McDonald in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010 and New York Times, Oct. 2, 1913) Title from data provided by t... More

N.Y. Post Office -- main corridor

Photograph shows the Pennsylvania Terminal Post Office (General Post Office Building), now called the James A. Farley Building, located at 421 Eighth Avenue, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Mrs. Sidney Berg, Mrs. Calvin Thompkins

Photo shows suffrage gathering in New York City to publicize the "Votes for Women Entertainment and Ball" held at the Armory on January 31, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Early automobiles - General Roop - Glass negative photogrpah. Public d...

Photograph shows Lieutenant General Vladimir Roop, a member of the Russian war commission to the United States in July 1917, in an automobile with New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918). (Source: ... More

Funeral, Vera Cruz dead, Battery Park

Photograph the beginning of the ceremonial procession in New York City, before the National Memorial Service on May 11, 1914 in honor of the seamen and marines who were killed in Veracruz, Mexico during the Mex... More

N.Y. house wrecked by Caron bomb

Photograph shows the destruction caused by a bomb at 1626 Lexington Avenue, New York City, which killed four people and injured many others. Anarchist conspirators were making the bomb which they intended to pu... More

Mayor Mitchel at aqueduct completion 1/12/14

Photo shows John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918), Mayor of New York City (1914-1917). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

New York City views. Vendor in Greenwich Village area

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

Wild Joe O'Carroll,,4/11/14 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows crowd at IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) rally in Union Square, New York City on April 11, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010 and New York Times, April 12, 1914)

Reservist going on LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14

Photograph shows a reservist embracing another man at the French Line pier as he prepares to depart for Europe on the La Lorraine. The ship left New York City in August 1914 for its last transatlantic crossing ... More

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. Reflection of the photographer is visible in the left headlight of the car. ... More

Upton Sinclair - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows American author Upton Sinclair, Jr. (1878-1968), (center in cap) who was arrested on April 29, 1914 for protesting conditions of Colorado coal miners in front of the offices of John D. Rockefeller a... More

New York City views. Scene in lower Manhattan with three children

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

N.Y. City lodging house - vaccinating

Photograph shows a doctor giving a shot to a man at the Municipal Lodging House of New York City, which opened in February 1909 at 432-438 East 25th Street. (Source: American Labor Legislation Review, vol. 5 (1... More

Departure of JASON: Mrs. Chas. Saltzman, Mrs. Lawton, Major Lawton, C...

Photograph shows people on the U.S.S. Jason which sailed from New York on November 14, 1914 carrying about 6 million gifts for the children of Europe who were affected by World War I. People depicted include: ... More

On LA LORRAINE - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a couple amidst a crowd waving the French flag at the French Line pier. Some of the men will depart for Europe on French ship La Lorraine, which left New York City in August 1914 for its last t... More

"Clean Up" day -- street car -- 4th and Madison Ave.

Photograph shows a street car with sign "This is fire prevention day, clean up rubbish" in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Elmer Black, Mrs. Walston Brown, Mrs. Marion Burritt M...

Photograph shows Margaret Vale Howe, Madeleine Powell Balck, chair of the American Peace and Arbitration League, Eve Rovert Ingersoll Brown and Miss Marion T. Burritt. Women were participants in a women's peace... More

Mrs. Austin W. Lord - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows the wife of architect Austin Willard Lord at the Venetian pageant which was part of the fine arts ball arranged by the Society of Beaux Arts Architects, held at the Hotel Astor, New York City on Feb... More

Dr. A.W. Waite - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows New York City dentist Dr. Allen Warren Waite who was convicted of poisoning his father-in-law John E. Peck in March 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Mrs. T.A. Edison, Mme. Jusserand, J.J. Jusserand

Photograph shows Mrs. Thomas Alva Edison with the French Ambassador to the United States Jean Jusserand and his wife at the unveiling of the Joan of Arc statue, Riverside Park, New York City on Dec. 6, 1915. (S... More

F.X. McQuade, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Francis Xavier McQuade (d. 1955) who served as a New York City magistrate. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part o... More

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York City

Photograph shows towers and span of the Brooklyn Bridge across the East River with view of Manhattan skyline in the background. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... /... More

Pat Keenan, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows a ticket booth, with Pat Keenan, possibly on the Broadway subway line in New York City which opened in 1918. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Ser... More

Mrs. J.F. Yawger - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Mrs. John Francis Yawger, president of the New York City Federation of Women's Clubs. During June 1917 she was involved in a campaign to sell Liberty Bonds. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 201... More

[Anne Morgan, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, w...

J202694 U.S. Copyright Office. No copyright renewal. Public domain photograph - Gustav Borgen studio, female portrait, 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Submarines, New York - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows US submarines moored at the 135th street pier on the Upper West Side of New York City as part of the Presidential review of the Atlantic Fleet. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Moving Hotel de Gink - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows men moving a sewing machine 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... More

Elizabeth G. Flynn, three quarter length portrait

Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right. Socialist girl orator on trial for speeches inciting strikers to violence. By Bain News Service, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Wall Street - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City, looking towards Trinity Church. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

E.P. Costigan - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Edward Prentiss Costigan (1874-1939) who was a founder of the Progressive Party in Colorado and Colorado Senator from 1931 to 1937. Costigan testified at the 1915 hearings of the federal Commis... More

At Broad Channel--the "gondola" at the door

Small boat "Shrimp" in front of home, Broad Channel Island, Jamaica Bay, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection.

Paderewski Polish Commission, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Polish pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) with a Polish commission on the steps of City Hall in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provide... More

9th Coast Defence [i.e. Defense] in Union Sq.

Photograph shows members of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery in front of the Everett Building, Union Square, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Oscar Spirescu - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Oscar Spirescu, a Romanian conductor and composer (1874-1918) who lived in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

F.X. McQuade - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Francis Xavier McQuade (d. 1955) who served as a New York City magistrate. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Roscoe Conkling - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Deputy Attorney General Roscoe Conkling who worked on preparing the New York City draft boards in 1917 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

War exhibit -- N.Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a Curtiss biplane at an exhibit by the National Security League which was part of the "Peace and Preparation Conference" held at the Hotel Astor in New York City in June 1915. (Source: Flickr C... More

Questioning Abarno, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Frank Abarno, an Italian anarchist who was charged with planting a bomb in St. Patricks Cathedral, New York City, on March 2, 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provid... More

Lou Tellegen & Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows American soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) with her husband, actor and screenwriter Lou Tellegen (1881-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Geraldine Farrar, an Americ... More

Reschiglian - Martinelli - Dua, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows (left to right) Italian baritone opera singer Vincenzo Reschiglian (1874?-1955), Italian tenor opera singer Giovanni Martinelli (1885?-1969) and Belgian tenor opera singer Octave Dua (1882-1952... More

Executive b'ldg, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the executive building at the Metropolitan Hospital Training School for Nurses on Blackwell's Island (now Roosevelt Island), New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from dat... More

Clementine Blessing - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Clementine Blessing on a French gun, dressed in the traditional dress of Alsace-Lorraine at the Allied Bazaar, a World War I exhibition at the Grand Central Palace in New York City in June, 191... More

Entering St. Patrick's - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a religious procession entering St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

W.H. Taft, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows former president William Howard Taft campaigning for Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes on Nov. 4, 1916 in Union Square, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from ... More

[Broadway south from Astor Building, New York City] / American Studio,...

J212962 U.S. Copyright Office. No copyright renewal. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At flag raising, 5416 - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows George H. Gaitland who was conductor of music for the raising of the flag of New York City on May 4, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title and date from data provided by the Bain N... More

Railway on MILAZZA [i.e. MILAZZO]

Photo shows the SS Milazzo, an Italian bulk carrier built in 1916 as the world's largest cargo ship and sunk by an Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine in August 1917 during World War I. Her maiden voyage brought h... More

Guns on RE D'ITALIA - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Italian steamship Re d'Italia arriving in New York City after evading enemy submarines. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Cranes on MILAZZA [i.e. MILAZZO]

Syrian pushcart food vendor on New York City street

Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[Hallway(?) in Telephone & Telegraph Building, New York City]

J219678 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Wurts(?) Brothers Photo., N.Y. Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Guns on RE D'ITALIA - Public domain image of steamship

Photograph shows Italian steamship Re d'Italia arriving in New York City after evading enemy submarines. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

New York City - Parade - A large group of people walking down a street

Men carrying large U.S. flag. Public domain photograph - parade, demonstration, flags, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy (originally Idlewild) A...

Public domain photograph of airport architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bird's-eye view of New York Bay and Brooklyn from 12 B'way, New York ...

J225514 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. C11534. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ph. Ind.

Junior Naval Scouts on RECRUIT - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photograph shows members of the Junior Naval Scouts aboard 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 World War I. The... More

Recruiting, Printing House Sq. - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Navy recruiting tent in Printing House Square, near statue of Benjamin Franklin, New York City. The New York Tribune Building is on the right. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015; and New Yo... More

Food Protest Meeting East Broadway and Rutgers Street, New York, New Y...

Photo shows protest led by Ida Harris, president of the Mother's Vigilance Committee, and anarchist Marie Ganz, both members of the Mothers' Anti-High Price League (Source: Flickr Commons Project, 2015) Title f... More

Children at City Hall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows crowd of children with flags outside City Hall in New York City, during an Americanization rally on April 27, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Outside Sunday's Tabernacle, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows New York City revival of evangelist Billy Sunday. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain C... More

Capt. Adams receiving "Kilties" on RECRUIT

Photograph shows Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy ... More

Tarnowski & von Summaruga [i.e. Sommaruga]

Photograph shows Count Adam Tarnowski, Ambassador to the United States from the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Baron Henry von Sommaruga, secretary, arriving in New York City on the SS Noordam, February 1, 1917. ... More

G. Marconi & Elise Von. R. Owen

Photograph shows Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) who served as a member of the Italian War Commission to the United States in 1917, with Elise von Rodenstein Owen, a student in a radio course for... More

Subway porter - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows an African American woman with a broom working as a subway porter in a subway station in New York City, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Children at City Hall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows crowd of children with flags outside City Hall in New York City, during an Americanization rally on April 27, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Sunday's Tabernacle, 1917 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows New York City revival of evangelist Billy Sunday. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy (originally Idlewild) A...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieut. McKinney

Photograph shows Grace Carley Harriman, Blaine Ewing, and Lieutenant McKinney 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 d... More

Recruiting Parade - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a parade during World War I in Union Square, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy (originally Idlewild) A...

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

Helen Ware, Grace Schnebe, Chrystal Hearn, Frances Starr, Gladys Hanso...

Photograph shows actresses Helen (Remer) Ware (1877-1939), Grace Schnebbe (Mrs. Howard Schnebbe), Lucy Weston and others knitting for soldiers during World War I as part of the Stage Women's War Relief project ... More

Gatti-Casazza & A. Seligsberg - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Giulio Gatti-Casazza (1869-1940), general manager of the Metropolitan Opera (1908-1935) with Alfred Frederick Seligsberg (1869-1933), legal counsel to the Metropolitan, at the funeral of Italia... More

Capt. & Mrs. Mitchel, Jack Adams

Photograph shows Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929), a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy ... More

RECRUIT, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows 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 World War I. Ship was painted with camouflage paint by the... More

Early automobiles - Auto fashion parade

Photograph shows the automobile fashion show held at Sheepshead Bay Speedway, New York City, June 23, 1917. The event was a fundraiser on behalf of the Actors' Fund of America. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Broadway after Sunday's meeting

Photograph shows New York City revival of evangelist Billy Sunday. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

71st Reg't. Armory entrance - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photograph shows entrance to the Armory in New York City of the 71st Regiment of the New York National Guard mustered into Federal Field Service on March 28, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Adm. Usher & Mayor Mitchel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows New York Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) turning over the U.S.S. Recruit to Admiral Usher on May 30, 1917. The Recruit was a fake battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Na... More

Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy (originally Idlewild) A...

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

G.G. Ward, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows George Gray Ward, Vice President and General Manager of the Commercial Cable Company who resided in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons, October 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain Ne... More

Marjorie Michaelis, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Marjorie Michaelis driving a nail into the Kaiser's coffin. Coffin was located in front of the New York World Building, Park Row, New York City. The display was part of a fundraising drive duri... More

4th July, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows a Fourth of July parade on Fifth Avenue, New York City in 1918 with a Curtiss bombing plane mounted on a truck. View is south on 5th Avenue at 58th Street:(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)... More

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