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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

The Astor Library. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Scenery. New York City. No. 331. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

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

Gathering grass. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

On mount: American Stereoscopic Views. Central Park, N.Y. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - 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

The lake Central Park. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Photograph shows a boat on the lake in Central Park, New York City, New York. "G.W. Thorne 60 Nassau St New York" retailer's blind stamp on back of card. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim col... 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

[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

Brooklyn Bridge roadway. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Car...

6176 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 198. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Broadway the busy thoroughfare New York, U.S.A

No. 2. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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.

Palm House, Central Park, H.Y., U.S.A

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

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.

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

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

Brooklyn Bridge - looking from Brooklyn toward old New York, U.S.A

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

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

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

Brooklyn Bridge [seen from East River, New York City]

Photoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. D-302. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bridges; Ph. Ind.

[RMS Lusitania, New York City, September 1907, stern-side view, during...

Title from caption card data and item. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[Group of women standing on top of vehicle waving flags, New York City...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - parade, demonstration, flags, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Festa in Little Italy - Public domain scan / print

Men and boys on sidewalk outside of store, at festival in Little Italy, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection.

May Day in Central Park, New York

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

Brooklyn Bridge, New York. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope C...

H106426 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1908, by Stereo-Travel Co. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tenements under Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge tenements)

New York City. Diagonal view of crowded street, scribbled figures on sidewalks, wagon on street. In background, dominating scene is Brooklyn Bridge, twin arches of support showing sky beyond. Inscribed on recto... More

Grave of Capt. James Lawrence, Trinity Churchyard, New York, U.S.A

Brooklyn Bridge & East River - Public domain city architecture print

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

Trial of John Peter Zenger - historical pageant

Stereograph shows a parade float portraying the 1735 trial of German immigrant John Peter Zenger. The float is part of a large parade in New York City. No. 53. Copyright by Stereo Travel Co..

N.Y. City lodging house - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows a police officer and staff? 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 (1915)... More

[Pulitzer Building, New York City]

J129704 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6114. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At Broad Channel - dinner - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows a woman pouring a drink for a man seated at a table in a house in Broad Channel, Queens, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service ... More

Tubes for subway line under Harlem River, being sunk

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

[Hamilton Holt, half-length portrait, seated, facing right] / photo. b...

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Auditorium of the New Theater, New York City]

J145551 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lorlys E. Rogers, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Lorlys Elton Rogers, a New York City lawyer, who was involved in a scandal involving a mistress who poisoned herself and their two children. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from da... More

[Interior of St. Patrick's Cathedral, during services at Christmas tim...

J166039 or J166040 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of historic landmark building, cathedral, church architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plaza Hotel - Gates funeral (before 1920)

People and cars outside the Plaza Hotel, New York City, for funeral of John Warne Gates. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2294-2. Original negative may be available: LC-B2-2294-2.

Luna Park Fire 1911 - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows aftermath of a fire at Luna Park, Coney Island, New York City which took place on December 11, 1911. Depicted in the photo is the Alhambra Restaurant. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New Y... More

5th Ave. - Easter 1911 - Public domain portrait print

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

Woolworth Bldg. - Irving Underhill

Woolworth Building under construction, New York City, Feb. 2, 1912. J166804 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed & Copyright by Irving Underhill.

Broadway, Eagle Grove, IA, Panoramic Photograph

J175159 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. P. Myklebust; November 9, 1912.

Olympic parade, George Grantham Bain Collection

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) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of C... 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

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

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

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

German U-Boat in N.Y - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond. The submarine, shown in Central Park, took par... More

American Express Bldg. and Broadway North

JA45375 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. No. C 11967.

South Broadway from Burke Building, Nyack, N.Y.

J224348 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Norman A. Burke, Columbia Grafonolas Records, Nyack, New York.

Picking up bodies following Wall St. explosion in 1920, New York City

Photograph shows police and others removing rubble to get to bodies lying underneath. ACME Photograph. No. 810329. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun News... More

... Committee at White House, Dec. 11. W.G. Fitzwilson, Secy., NYC, .....

A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gif... More

City Hall Park and the municipal building from Broadway, New York City

J03273 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Keystone View Company. No. 32359.

New York, New York. Bread line beside the Brooklyn Bridge approach

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

R.H. Macy & Co. Building, Broadway & 34th St.

J10426 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C 56698. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc., NYC.

814 South Broadway (Brick Building), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-340 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a woman and a man. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Get set for striking lightning

Photograph shows two riggers installing a lightning rod atop a pole extending 60 feet above the topmost pinnacle of the Empire State Building. ACME Photograph. No. 835950. Date on verso: May 24 1947. Caption on... More

Aerial view of New York, New York, with a focus on the Empire State Bu...

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

The cascade, Central Park, N.Y. New York (state) 19th Century Stereosc...

Gems of American Scenery series. On mount: American Views. No. 318.

Instantaneous view of B'way i.e. Broadway

Photograph shows traffic, pedestrians and American and Japanese flags displayed on buildings welcoming Japanese embassy officials during their June 1860 visit to New York City. Card number: "No. 122." "Joseph ... More

The dovecote, Central Park. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope ...

Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCP 166. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gotth... More

Beauties of the Harlem River High Bridge, from the New York side

No. 1482. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lunch hour, lower Broadway, New York City, U.S.A.

Stereograph showing businesses and busy downtown street crowded with pedestrians, and horse and carts. Copyright 1892 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool,-New York,-Ch... More

The great Brooklyn Bridge, New York

Stereograph showing the steamboat Richmond passing under the Brooklyn Bridge. H65593 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1905 by C. H. Graves. On mount: The Universal Photo Art Co., Philadelphia, Naperville, Ill.;... More

Wall Street and Trinity Church, New York, N.Y.

Broadway and the Post Office Building, New York City

Stereograph showing a bird's eye view, Broadway and the Post Office Building. H84052 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1906 by United States Stereograph Co. The Ponce De Leon Stereograph, Patented April 14, 1903.... More

Herald Square, junction of Broadway and Sixth Ave., N. showing elevate...

H89775 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1907 by Underwood & Underwood. U78529. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Westwood, N.J., Washington, D.C. No. 5317.

Lake and bridge in Central Park, New York City

The Governor's Room, City Hall, New York, U.S.A.

Stereograph showing interior of Governor's room with a few pieces of furniture, ornate chandeliers, a sculpture, and portraits on wall. J135693 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1909 by H.C. White Co. On mount: ... More

Pin boys in Les Miserables Alleys, Frank Jarose, 7 Fayette St., Mellen...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2603. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Consolidated Exchange i.e. Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York, Br...

JA45057 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Photographer, New York. No. C 11085.

Washington Bridge, Spanning Harlem River at One-hundred-eighty-first, ...

Significance: Provided important access to Manhattan from the north. Survey number: HAER NY-130 Building/structure dates: 1886-1889 Initial Construction

Central Park Bridges, Bridge No. 27, Central Park, Southwest of Reserv...

Survey number: HAER NY-193 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000538

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

[Brooklyn Bridge] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

47083B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. P. Hall & Son; August 18, 1896. On front: "Copyright 1896 by Geo. P. Hall & Son, general photographers, No. 157 Fulton St., New York. Title derived from cop... More

Williamsburg Bridge, Spanning East River at South Sixth Street between...

Significance: The Williamsburg Bridge is the longest span suspension bridge over the East River, its span exceeding that of the Brooklyn Bridge by 4.5 feet. Survey number: HAER NY-128 Building/structure dates... More

Central Park Bridges, Bridge No. 24, Central Park, Southwest of Reserv...

Survey number: HAER NY-192 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000538

Central Park Bridges, Gothic Arch, Spanning bridlepath south of tennis...

Survey number: HAER NY-194 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000538

Central Park Bridges, Gothic Arch, Spanning bridlepath south of tennis...

Survey number: HAER NY-194 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000538

Mayor Gaynor, Col. Roosevelt and Cornelius Vanderbilt on 5th Ave.

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt standing in a carriage with his hat tipped to onlookers while Mayor Gaynor and Cornelius Vanderbilt remain seated. J142494 U.S. Copyright Office

Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn - Irving Underhill

JA46013 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. No. C 13435.

Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Broadway & Pestalozzi, Saint Louis, Independen...

Survey number: HABS MO-1613 Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000945

University Heights Bridge, Spanning Harlem River at 207th Street & Wes...

Significance: The University Heights Bridge, a steel Pratt/Howe truss, pin-connected, rim bearing swing span draw, with Warren truss approach spans, is one of the oldest swing-type bridges and the third oldest ... More

University Heights Bridge, Spanning Harlem River at 207th Street & Wes...

Significance: The University Heights Bridge, a steel Pratt/Howe truss, pin-connected, rim bearing swing span draw, with Warren truss approach spans, is one of the oldest swing-type bridges and the third oldest ... More

University Heights Bridge, Spanning Harlem River at 207th Street & Wes...

Significance: The University Heights Bridge, a steel Pratt/Howe truss, pin-connected, rim bearing swing span draw, with Warren truss approach spans, is one of the oldest swing-type bridges and the third oldest ... More