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.
Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...
Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...
Public domain photograph related to New York City, 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 an arch bridge, stone architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...
Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More
[New York Island and East Jersey. Unfinished.
Scale ca. 1:17,000. Title from manuscript catalog of the Peter Force map collection. Variant title in Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Topography of upper part of Manhattan Island from about 85th... More
A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America.
General street map showing selected letter-keyed buildings in built-up area and field lines with generalized land use in rural areas. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows "Road to Kings Bridge where the Rebels ... More
Central Park. [Winter] - Print, Library of Congress collection
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bien, J.
City (federal) Hall, Wall street, engraving, Library of Congress
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Society of Iconophiles.
The great explosion in New-York, February 4th, 1850
Print shows firemen putting out a fire in the aftermath of an explosion in a building on Hague Street, New York City, and, with the help of other citizens, searching the ruins for victims. Includes a printed ac... More
Out of door sports - the Caledonian and Thistle clubs playing the Scot...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1860 Jan. 14, p. 104.
[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)
W.M. Raymond & Co. Proprietors & manufacturers of metallic burial case...
Print shows the funeral procession of President Abraham Lincoln after leaving New York City Hall, with spectators lining the street. The area above the procession is taken up by an advertisement for W.M. Raymon... More
Fashionable "turn-outs" in Central Park
Artist: Thomas Worth (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2059
The naturalization of foreigners in New York City - Judge McCunn sitti...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 29, 1869 Nov. 13, p. 141.
Marriage certificate - Public domain document scan of drawing
Design drawing for marriage certificate with ornate calligraphy, small birds and flowers. Two small ovals have been cut for photographs. Certificate reads: This is to certify that in accordance with the laws of... More
New York City--A hot day in Wall Street
Eleven illustrations showing various types of people and life in Wall Street, such as speculators, telegraph messengers, and clerks. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 36, (1873 August 9), p. 345.
Central Park, N.Y. The first ride
D4808 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Schlegel, G.
[Rice, Goodwin, Walker & Co., New York City. Elevation. Rendering]
At their failure in 1874, the silk merchant firm Rice, Goodwin, Walker & Company was located at 476 Broadway, New York City. See http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0714F83C59117B93C6AB1789D95F408... More
New York City--The sewing-room at A.T. Stewart's, between Ninth and Te...
Large number of women sewing at long tables. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1875 April 24, p. 109.
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
Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...
Architectural drawing shows exterior roof with gables, towers, gargoyles, and decorations. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The... 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
No more of those hideous monuments! / Gillam.
Illustration shows Puck grabbing the arm of Uncle Sam who is staring in dismay at statues labeled "Coggswell, W.H. Seward Madison Square, Admiral Dupont Washington D.C., Custer West Point, George Washington Uni... 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
U.S.S. Puritan passing under Brooklyn Bridge
Public domain photograph related to New York City, 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
William H. Crane as Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Amsterdam by Bra...
44236 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cin'ti & N.Y." N.Y. no. 8559. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
William H. Crane as Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Amsterdam by Bra...
36257 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8505. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Central park, Havana - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05881. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Brooklyn Bridge, New York, N.Y.]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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
M.W. Littleton's, 5th Ave - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Corresponding print in LOT 10872-1 is a cropped version of this negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).... More
Broadway at night from Times Square, New York, N.Y.
Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500720. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Brooklyn Bridge, New York City - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043267. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Trinity Church, New York. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
Historic Sites Public domain photograph of New York historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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...
H17896 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C. No. 3? or No.13?
Fulton Market fish dealers -- looking (N.) along South Str., New York ...
H15689 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C.
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.
Wall St. and Trinity Church, New York, N.Y.
Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Brooklyn terminal, Brooklyn Bridge
Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
In winter quarters, New York City
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016202. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Morris- Jumel Mansion, Washington Heights, New York
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016691. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
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.
[The Stock Exchange] / J. Pennell.
Exterior view of the Stock Exchange, New York City. Signed in pencil.
Election night illumination, Flatiron Building
Print shows people strolling in front of the Flatiron Building, which has lights in every window and a searchlight on the roof. 18606 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on verso: "Compliments of N.Y. Sunday Americ... More
[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.
[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
[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.
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
Holworthy Gate, Harvard University, Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072344. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
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).
[Brooklyn Bridge and New York skyline, New York]
Public domain photograph of city skyline, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Denver coming along speedway - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...
Photograph the horse "Denver" which was owned by Nathan Straus, on the Harlem River Speedway during a light harness horse competition, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
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
WYOMING from Brooklyn Bridge - Public domain image of steamship
Photo shows the battleship USS Wyoming, comissioned in Philadelphia and outfitted at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1912, about to sail under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 20... 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
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
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
Balloon at Wanamakers, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows the hydrogen balloon, "Wanamaker no. 1," lifting off from the roof of the John Wanamaker store at Broadway and Tenth Ave., New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009, and New York Times ar... 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).
[Study of the Woolworth Bulding, Aug. 8, 1911]
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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