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
Suffrage hike to Wash'n - Public domain portrait photograph
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
[New York City street scenes - crowds before Trinity Church]
Nearly identical image - LC-USZ62-107836. George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Children of Lawrence--Strikers in N.Y.
Strikers from Lawrence, Massachusetts, with children, in New York City, 1912 Feb. 19. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
[Italian shop on Mott Street, New York City]
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Street scene outside watch shop.
General Grant's horse, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows riderless horse at funeral procession on April 26, 1912, for Major General Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912), son of President Ulysses S. Grant, former New York City Police Commissioner and commander... More
[Woolworth building, New York City]
J128523-24 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Pictorial News Co. Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kearny coffin on caisson, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Photo shows flag-draped coffin of Major General Philip Kearny (1815-1862) on Broadway in New York City. Kearny died in battle during the Civil War and was buried at Trinity Churchyard until 1912, when the body ... More
Gaynor Funeral - Broadway, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows funeral of William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913), Mayor of New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Gra... More
Museum of Natural History - Public domain natural history illustration
Bird's-eye view of the Museum of Natural History, New York City. J178592 U.S. Copyright Office. No. B19489. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.
May Day Parade - Union Sq - Public domain portrait photograph
Photo shows crowd gathered in Union Square, New York City during the May Day parade, May 1, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negativ... More
Open air meeting at Washington, D.C., March 1913, calling upon Congres...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Open-air photograph of Elizabeth S. Rogers speaking, half-length, in profile, wearing fur coat and hat. A man in bowler hat and a woman in hat with scarf securing it to her... More
Caruso, Easter Parade, 32313 - Public domain portrait photograph
Photo shows opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) on Easter day, March 23, 1913, New York City. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title and date from data provided by the Ba... More
Shooting bull -- Central Pk i.e., Park
Photo shows one of the steers which escaped from the New York Stock Company yards and was killed in Central Park, New York City, Nov. 3, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010 and New York Times, Nov. 4, 1... More
Army-Navy football, 1913 - Public domain portrait photograph
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) Title from data provided by the B... More
The tiger's prey / photo. by Underwood & Underwood ; E.
Illustration shows a tiger labeled "Tammany" standing on the edge of a bluff overlooking New York City on the opposite side of a river, at night. Reproduction of a photograph by Underwood & Underwood upon whic... More
May Day Parade - Union Sq., 1913
Photo shows crowd gathered in Union Square, New York City during the May Day parade, May 1, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negativ... More
Mayor Mitchel, 51114, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) at City Hall, New York City, during the procession before the Memorial Service in honor of the seamen and marines who were killed at Veracruz, Mexico durin... More
Wild Joe O'Carroll,,41114 - Public domain portrait print
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) Title and date from d... More
Vera Cruz dead -- scene in Battery Park
Photograph 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 Mexican... More
Baroness Von Rottenthal, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows dancer Irmgard von Rottenthal 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 February 20, 19... More
Reservist going on LA LORRAINE, 8514
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
[Children on sleds in Central Park, New York City]
Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
C.K.G. Billings Estate, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Tyron Hall, the home of Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings (1861-1937) in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the ... More
5th Ave. decorated for Preparedness Parade
Photograph shows view looking northeast along 5th avenue, between 39th and 40th streets, New York City, during the Citizens' Preparedness parade which was held on May 13, 1916. Sign on building reads "Absolute ... More
Thaw Aeroplane in Central Park 3616
Photograph shows plane piloted by Alexander Blair Thaw with passenger John Kane, which had to make a landing in Central Park, New York City when it ran out of gas on the way to Governors Island. (Source: Flickr... More
Signalling to offices, curb market, New York City
Stock trading on the New York Curb Association market, with brokers and clients signalling from street to offices. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). No. 849-7.
The commuters, Pennsylvania Station, Philadelphia / Pennell.
Signed in pencil. Wuerth, 718 American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall.... Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 347
Joseph Pennell - Concourse, Grand Central
Print shows passengers on the main concourse at Grand Central Terminal, New York, New York. [His Railroad series] Wuerth, 694. Edition of 60? Plate destroyed. (Source: Beall) Place of creation based on Pennell... More
Trinity Church, New York City, New York City
Bird's-eye view. J244846 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by American Studio?, N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Churches; Churches NY; Phot... More
Bodies of a few of those killed in Wall Street bomb outrage ... a bomb...
Photograph shows covered corpses lying on the street. No. S-289208-11. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1971:022 c1 f5
New York City views, Central Park
Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. NY 96r; sleeves The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Gen... More
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
New York City views. Looking north from Empire State Building
Gift; Schleisner estate; 2002 (AP 386) In 2004, the Library contracted with Chicago Albumen Works to preserve this deteriorating acetate negative by removing and relaxing the emulsion layer (the pellicle) and p... More
Harlem River Houses, 7th Ave. and 151 St., New York City. Exterior III
Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A group of people standing around a horse. Office of War Information P...
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 group 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
Harlem River Houses, 7th Ave. and 152nd St. Paved walk
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park alley, trees, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The scene is not Wall Street but Brooklyn Stockholders and brokers wat...
NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Macy's in NYC New York City, New York City
Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 14160, frame 16. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.
J. & F.W. Ridgway, plumbers and hydraulic engineers, plumbers to the C...
Print shows a composite of plumbing fixtures and man taking shower. Listed in a New York directory as Jonathan and Frederick W. Ridgway, 145 Broadway. Caption continues: Fountains filled up to any design. Bath... More
F. Basham, modeller, plaster, cement & scagliola worker No. 408 Broadw...
Library has two copies. Copy 1: "Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York, January 24, 1844" written in ink below image. Copy 2: "Entered according to an act of Congress in the year... More
Wall Street, N.Y. 1847 / drawn from nature by Aug. Köllner ; from lith...
Courtesy of MacKay & Co. Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reception of the Japanese Embassy, New-York, June 16, 1860. Broadway l...
Photograph shows the procession of Japanese embassy officials after their arrival in New York City, during their first diplomatic mission to the United States. Card number: "No. 3" Gottheim collection code: GN... More
The waterfall, Central Park. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope...
Card number: "No. 164". Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCP 126. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congres... More
Looking North showing Union Square and Broadway
Part of the series: New York City. Instantaneous Panoramic Views. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.
Broadway and Trinity Church, New York, U.S.A.
Copyright 1892 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas; El Paso, Tex.
Along the noted Bowery, New York
Photograph shows elevated railroad, delivery wagons, buildings and people in lower Manhattan. 83936 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New... More
N.Y. drug store, Pennsylvania Station
Corresponding glass transparency (LC-D418-40398) available on videodisc frame 1A-31501. Title from jacket. "P.C. 79479" on transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 040398. Gift; State Historical Society of Colo... More
Skating on the lake, Central Park, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
H25806 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Bird's-eye view of Woolworth Bldg. under construction, New York City]
Photograph shows the Woolworth Building, New York City, under construction. J169009 U.S. Copyright Office. Photoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. C-8582. This record contains unverified data from capti... More
Wall Street, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Stereograph showing a statue of George Washington on right and Trinity Chapel in background. J225969 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Keystone View Company. No. 1009.
Chrysler Bldg. & other skyscrapers
Photograph shows Chrysler Building surrounded by other skyscrapers, New York City, New York. JO6770 U.S. Copyright Office.
Old Croton Aqueduct, Harlem River Crossing, Spanning Harlem River, Bro...
Significance: The Old Croton Aqueduct was New York City's first municipal water supply project, and is an outstanding example of early 19th century civil engineering. High Bridge best exemplifies this. Upon c... More
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
A view of the great Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk River, the fall about ...
Print shows view of the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River.
Grand birds eye view of the Great East River suspension bridge Connect...
Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East River,with ships on the river and traffic on the bridge; also shows, from left, the "Brooklyn Tower, Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, Atlantic Ocean... 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
Washington Bridge and the [Harlem River] Speedway, New York
Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Central Park Bridges, Pinebank Arch, Near Columus Circle entrance, Cen...
Significance: Designed by Calvert Vaux and drawn by Jacob Wrey Mould, Pinebank Arch is an outstanding example of the bridges and arches of New York's Central Park. Vaux, a professionally trained British archit... 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, Bridge No. 24, Central Park, Southwest of Reserv...
Survey number: HAER NY-192 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000538
Vuë de la nouvelle yorck - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Leizelt.
Central Park Bridges, Gothic Arch, Spanning bridlepath south of tennis...
Survey number: HAER NY-194 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000538
New York / print by G. Schlegel, 97 William St. N.Y.
Bird's-eye view of New York showing the waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, with Battery Park and Governors Island in the foreground.
Central Park-the Bridge - Engraving, Public domain image
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1043
Singer Tower, 149 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY
Significance: One of the outstanding works of architect Frank Flagg, the Singer Tower was for sixty years a familiar silhouette on the New York skyline. Ironically, the height of the building had established tw... More
Singer Tower, 149 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY
Significance: One of the outstanding works of architect Frank Flagg, the Singer Tower was for sixty years a familiar silhouette on the New York skyline. Ironically, the height of the building had established tw... More
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
Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY
Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More
Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY
Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More
L'Entré triumphale de troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck Der Einzug der ...
Print shows British troops marching down street in New York City, New York. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un. d... More
A glimpse of New York's dry goods district
Illustration of a busy scene on Broadway in New York City showing horse-drawn wagons, street railroads, and buildings, many displaying advertisements for businesses and goods. Captioned: The largest in the worl... More
[Sleighing in New York] / T. Benecke 55.
Print showing crowded street scene with many sleighs in front of Barnum's Museum, Broadway & Anne St., New York City, New York. Printed by Nagel & Lewis.
Central Park, N.Y. - preparing for a drive
Print showing a young girl in a carriage to which a young boy is harnessing a goat, as mother observes from the right, in Central Park, New York. Printer attribution and date taken from other prints in this se... More
South Street Seaport, Piers 17 & 18, South Street into East River at F...
Significance: Piers 17 and 18, located in the South Street Historic District Extension, stand as physical evidence of the water-oriented economy of New York City in its developmental years. The current piers w... 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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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
A view of the Federal Hall of the City of New York, as appeared in the...
Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2008-2009.
The rigging house / Lith. & pub. by H.R. Robinson.
Exterior view of the Rigging House, 120 William Street, New York City, formerly a Methodist church in the 1760s. Exhibit loan 4106-L.
The City Bank Farmers Trust Co. Bldgs.
J08768 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc. NYC. No. C 20628.
New York, / print by G. Schlegel, 97 William St. N.Y.
Bird's-eye view of New York with Battery Park in the foreground and the Brooklyn Bridge on the right.
Broadway, New York: From the western union telegraph building looking ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0780.
New York Connecting Railroad, Hell Gate Bridge, Spanning East River, W...
Survey number: HAER NY-88 Public domain photograph of the city, skyscraper buildings, cityscape, downtown, urban environment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
An east view of Gray's Ferry, near Philadelphia - with the triumphal a...
Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, v. 3, 1789 May, between pp. 282-283. This impression lacks the letter "C" at the to... More
An east view of Gray's Ferry, near Philadelphia - with the triumphal a...
Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, v. 3, 1789 May, between pp. 282-283. This impression lacks the letter "C" at the to... More
Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...
Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.