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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