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Macombs Dam Bridge, Spanning Harlem River Between 155th Street Viaduct...

Significance: The bridge was designed by eminent structural engineer Alfred Pancoast Boller and was a considerable municipal endeavor as well as a significant engineering feat. It is the third oldest major bri... More

Macombs Dam Bridge, Spanning Harlem River Between 155th Street Viaduct...

The New York curb market : broker trying to draw the attention of his ...

Photograph shows a two men at stock exchange; one with hand raised in air while the other reading notebook. J0910 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Jack Sussman Features, New York City.

No. 8, Boat Club Parade, Harlem River

H19185 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; B. J. Falk; June 19, 1902; DLC/PP-1902:41637.

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

[The floor of the New York Stock Exchange, secretly shot with a camera...

H102260 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Pearson Publishing Company. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View on 14th St., Metropolitan Fair, New York City]

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

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865

Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of soldiers with rifles marching down Broadway in New York City during Lincoln's funeral procession. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T Antho... More

Oak bridge at Bank Rock Bay, Central Park, New York City, N.Y. Stacy 6...

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 Chinese invasion - Drawing. Public domain image.

Composite of 9 caricatures showing Chinese being run out of San Francisco and accepted in New York City. Color lithograph by J. Keppler. Illus. in: Puck, 1880 March 17, pp. 24-25. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) -... More

[A house on the Hudson, Washington Heights]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William K. and Alva Vanderbilt mansion, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York Cit...

Photograph shows mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Stamped on recto: "Return to Richard M. Hunt, architect." Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-201... More

Brooklyn Bridge, distant view. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Bird's-eye view. Photoprint copyrighted by Charles Pollack. A.W. Pentland Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bridges; Ph. Ind.

Broadway, N.Y., looking toward Grace Church

No. 360. Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View looking across the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.C. with people walking i...

44106-Z U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by J.S. Johnston, N.Y.C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC; Bridges NY; Shelf. Walkways.

New York and Brooklyn Bridge. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Bird's-eye view. Photoprint copyrighted by George P. Hall. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bridges.

East River, from Brooklyn Bridge, looking south

Manhattan wharves. Halftone repro. of photo in 150 Views of Greater New York. Copyrighted by Isaac H. Blanchard Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Wharves; N... More

Trunks Grand Central Station New York

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

The beautiful Autumn Exhibit in the Conservatory, Central Park, New Yo...

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

New York City: Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn

Photoprint copyrighted by Underhill. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bridges; Ph. Ind.

From Empire Building (N), past Trinity Church Steeple, up Broadway, sh...

Fulton Market fish dealers -- looking (N.) along South Str., New York ...

Herald Square, junction of Broadway and Sixth Avenue, north, showing H...

Children on a littered Chinatown street

Photograph shows four children standing in front of a shoeshine stand on a street in Chinatown, New York City, N.Y. H28273 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by George Daniels, New York City.

Looking across Brooklyn Bridge toward New York, N. Y., U. S. A

Copyright, 1903, by B. L. Singley. No. 13506. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Brooklyn end of Brooklyn Bridge, New York

H54898 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1904 by Darius Kinsey. On mount: Our Stereoscopic Views sold only by Canvassers. No. 796.

[Stereograph showing aerial view of New York City street]

H18245 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbia University bldgs. - Irving Underhill

Aerial view of Columbia University buildings, New York City, with tennis courts in foreground. H85493 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, New York. No. D. 372.

Taft parade, Maritime Exchange Division, C.R. Norman, Marshal, New Yor...

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

[Interior of St. George's Church, New York City, looking toward altar]

H123380 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by A. Moore. Public domain photograph of the interior of a church, altar, choir, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dormitory, Municipal Lodging House

Photograph shows 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), p. 616) Forms part of: George... More

[Two Afro-American men, outside of stable, with Kazoos in their mouths...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance, Penn Valley Park and South Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

H128110 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. H. Jones; June 7, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43822. Copyright claimant's address: Kansas City, Mo.

Merle Alcock mailing a letter in New York City

A woman putting a letter in a U.S. Mailbox attached to a post on a street corner. Bain News Service photo. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Inspector Eagan & bombs, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Owen Eagan (1957-1920), a bomb expert in the New York City Fire Department's Bureau of Combustibles. He is holding a bomb recovered from an attempted anarchist bombing of St. Patrick's Cathedra... More

9th Ave. "L", George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the express tracks of the Ninth Avenue El (elevated railroad) in New York City. The new configuration for express trains was done as part of a system upgrade from 1914-1915. (Source: Flickr Com... More

Dr. Katherine Davis & Deputy Lewis

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) Title from data provi... More

Kline's son-in-law's home, Jamaica (Fred Schnell's)

Photo shows the home of Fred Schnell, the son-in-law of acting Mayor of New York Mayor Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930), in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data ... More

Beach Tango -- Brighton, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows people on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain ... More

Bundle Boys at Nugent's, Washington And Broadway. Location: St. Louis,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1470. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Chambers St. Car with storage battery

Photograph shows Manhattan Municipal Building, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collec... More

Messenger, Broadway near 40th St., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1676. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

George S. Dougherty, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows George S. Dougherty, a deputy police commissioner in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Gr... More

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

Traffic squad police, George Grantham Bain Collection

Policeman holding up left hand to man on horse-drawn wagon and right hand to three girls crossing street, New York City. Bain News Service photograph. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to wo...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from label for Hine no. 2462. Hine no. 2466. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Chinese sailors, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Chinese sailors marching past Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy and New York City Mayor William Jay Gaynor at Grant's Tomb in New York City on Sept. 18th, 1911. (Source: Flick... More

Greeks departing on MADONNA - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo taken when Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, which began in October 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from unverified data ... More

[Suffragette headquarters at 32 Union Square, New York City--Mrs. H.S....

Six women, seated, full-length. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

N.Y.'s new Post Office - Public domain portrait photograph

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... More

Capt. Ritter, Rear Adm. Ward, German Ambassador, Admiral Paschowitz

Photo shows (left to right): unidentified man, Captain Ludwig Ritter von Mann of the German ship Moltke; US Rear-Admiral Aaron Ward (1851-1918), Acting Commander of the American Fleet; Count Von Bernstorff, Ger... More

Dr. F.F. Friedmann leaving hospital

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. (S... More

Chinatown, N.Y., George Grantham Bain Collection

Street scene, Chinatown, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

British Peace delegates, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows British members of the Anglo-American Peace Centenary Committee which met in New York City in May, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on t... More

14-yr. old striker, Fola La Follette, and Rose Livingston

Photograph shows suffrage and labor activist Flora Dodge "Fola" La Follette (1882-1970), social reformer and missionary Rose Livingston and a young striker during a garment strike in New York City in 1913. (Sou... 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

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

Klaw & Erlanger present Otis Skinner in "Kismet," produced and managed...

Group portrait, possibly of cast and crew, assembled in front of the Broadway Theatre. On front: "Mile High Photo Co., Denver, Feb. 26, 1914". Probably from the Minnie Maddern Fiske Collection. Transfer; LC Man... More

N.Y. Municipal Lodging House - registering

Men in line registering at New York City municipal lodging house. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

N.Y. Post Office -- main corridor

Hell Gate Bridge, George Grantham Bain Collection

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

Wall Street, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City, looking towards Trinity Church. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: G... More

American Express Bldg. Entrance, 65 B'way, NYC

JA45375 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. No. C 11938.

Looking south on B'way, froom (sic) Chambers St.

J235935 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by American Studio, N.Y. No. 107.

Near view "Curb Market" on Broad St. looking north near Wall St. to St...

J244710 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Keystone View Company. No. 16777.

Removing bodies after Wall St. explosion Volunteers removing the bodie...

Photograph shows men carrying covered corpse on a stretcher surrounded by a crowd after an explosion in front of the offices of J.P. Morgan. No. 233856NF. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1971:022 c1 f5

New York City. Brooklyn Bridge on left and subway on right

Item title devised. Two images on one negative. The image of the Brooklyn Bridge is numbered 12. The image of the subway is numbered 11.

Ocean Cable Bldg. Western Union Telegraph

View of Western Union Building with crowd, mainly men, involved in curb exchange in front of building. J248609 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C13804. Copyright by Irving Underhill, NYC.

Residence of Andrew Carnegie. 5th Ave. and 91st St., New York, N.Y

J213509 U.S. Copyright Office Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood. No. V26696. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. George H. Warren, residence at 924 5th Ave., New York City. Livin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of three people sitting on a bench. Office of ...

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

New York, New York. Looking north on Central Park lake on Sunday

[Panorama along Broadway St., Los Angeles, showing City Hall]

Transfer; U.S. Copyright Office; 1946. Photographer's address: 1416 W. Pico. Landmarks labeled on image. Title devised by cataloger.

[Portrait of Helen Carr, Sammy Herman, Joe Bianco, and Donn Trenner, N...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "Nola Studios is meeting place for NYC musicians," Down Beat, v. 14, no. 5 (Feb. 26, 1947), p. 15. Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Col... More

Floor of the New York Stock Exchange / [TOH].

Photograph shows stock brokers working at the Stock Exchange. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

Replica of the Brooklyn Bridge, Las Vegas, Nevada

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

View on B'way. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Busy street scene on Broadway, New York City. No. 350. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance to the cave, Central Park

Photograph shows two men on footpaths in Central Park's ramble, New York City, New York. Card number: "No. 256". "H.S.N. No. 8" in ink on back of card. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim colle... More

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

Card number: "No. 254". Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCP 138. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congres... More

The Terrace Central Park. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Ca...

Photograph shows Bethesda Terrace and Fountain, Central Park, New York City, New York. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCP 20. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection o... More

Bow Bridge, Central Park. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Ca...

Card number: "No. 444". Revenue stamp on back cancelled "Lowell & Senter, Portland, Me., Sep., 28 1865". "Lowell & Senter" rubber stamp on back of card. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim coll... More

General Operating Department, Western Union Telegraph Building, New Yo...

Photograph shows large office interior with dozens of telegraph operator work stations, General Operating Department, Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City, 1875. J7426 U.S. Copyright Office. Date fr... More

Giant hippopotamus in the "zoo", Central Park, New York

The faithful ship of the desert, a camel in the Central Park "zoo", Ne...

Stereograph showing woman in Central Park zoo trying to feed a camel through the bars of its enclosure. H41403 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by William H. Rau. On verso: American and Foreign scenery; Re... More

Broadway and tower of Singer Building, looking from roof of Post Offic...

Stereograph showing an elevated view overlooking downtown and skyscrapers. H107544 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1908 by H.C. White Co. On mount: H.C. White Co., Chicago, New York, London ; The "Perfec" Ster... More

Children in Central Park. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Ca...

Stereograph showing women seated on benches, two baby carriages. 133333 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright, 1909, by Stereo-Travel Co. No. 81.

The Great city checkerboard and Central Park as they appear from an ai...

J267108 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26295. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sixty Wall Tower, 70 Pine St - Irving Underhill Co. photo

J11372 U.S. Copyright Office. No. B 57980. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc., New York.

Central Park Bridges, Bow Bridge, Spanning Lake, Central Park, New Yor...

Significance: Designed by Calvert Vaux, the Bow Bridge is one of the most prominently located and visible cast iron bridges in Central Park. It is 87 feet, four inches long. This and other cast iron bridges i... More

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

U. S. Custom House, 28 Wall Street, New York, New York County, NY

Woolworth bldg. iron work, made April 4th, 1912

Photograph shows the Woolworth Building, New York City, under construction. J168244 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. No. C-8543.

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865

Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of soldiers marching down Broadway in New York City during Lincoln's funeral procession. Anthony's instantaneous views, no. 2948. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium,... More

Olliffe's Pharmacy, 6 Bowery, New York, New York County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-45 Survey number: HABS NY-4-17 Building/structure dates: after 1700 Initial Construction