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Broadway and Montana Sts. of Butte, Montana, during great September fi...

Crowd on street, with cloud of smoke in background, Butte, Montana. H67756 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: Sold only by Universal View Co. Copyright by E. W. Kelley. No. 62807.

Broadway from the Chamber of Commerce Building, Los Angeles, Californi...

Bird's-eye view. No. 6831. Copyright by E.W. Kelley. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Piers along South Street, N.Y. City

"G 4902," "G 4901," "G 4901" on left to right negatives respectively. Brooklyn Bridge in background on left negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015587. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Bankers Trust & Stock Exchange Bldgs.

Photograph shows view of Wall Street, New York City, with Stock Exchange, and Bankers Trust Company Building at 14 Wall Street; fire engine and crowd of spectators near Stock Exchange. J165408 U.S. Copyright Of... More

Brooklyn Bridge and skyline of New York City

View from top of bridge toward Manhattan. J229982 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Bridges; NY NYC Views ca. 1918; Geogr.; Bridges; Shelf.

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

[Portrait of Doris Day and Kitty Kallen, Central Park, New York, N.Y.,...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "Spring maids on the cover," Down Beat, v. 14, no. 8 (Apr. 9, 1947). Fo... More

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

Sky scrapers overshadowing Trinity Church, New York

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, 31 Barclay Street, New York, New Yo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26, FN-27, FN-28 Survey number: HABS NY-4-3 Building/structure dates: 1785 Initial Construction

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

Decorating buildings on lower Broadway, NYC for Lincoln funeral proces...

Photograph shows an aerial view of buildings on Broadway near Bowling Green draped with mourning cloth in preparation for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022).... More

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

Debarquement des troupes Engloises a Nouvelle Yorck Die anländung der ...

Print shows the disembarkation of British troops at New York. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Exhibited: "Creating the United States," the Library of Congress, Washington, D... 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

South Street & Brooklyn Bridge, New York

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

A view of the city of New York from Long Island

Drawing shows distant view of the New York City skyline, with ships in the East River. Inscribed in ink on the back: Montresor. Possibly owned or drawn by John Montrésor, British military engineer. Published i... More

Wall Street Rag - Ragtime music sheet music

Manhattanville from Mt. St. Vincent (north end of Central Park)

Penned on front of mount: 513. Amateur Photographic Exchange Club label affixed to verso gives title, photographer, photographer's address (No. 2 Wall Street, New York), date, number (248), negative (tannin), a... More

Central Park-the Bridge - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congr...

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

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

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

East River Bridge - Print, Library of Congress collection

D403 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Brooklyn.

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

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

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

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

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

Empire State Building, 34th St. & 5th Ave.

JO8771 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc, NYC. No. C 20611.

Panoramic view of the world's largest city from the observatory of New...

Inside print shows bird's-eye view panorama of New York City; outside print shows interior and exterior views of the Empire State Building, map with location, and a view of New York City. K57359 U.S. Copyright ... More

Late election returns - Drawing. Public domain image.

Roosevelt leading "G.O.P." elephant with "Cortelyou," "Bliss" and money bags in direction of "Wall Street." Dog labeled "yellow dog fund" follows behind; lambs in window watch procession. Title on verso. (DLC/P... More

[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

[Brooklyn Bridge] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

47082B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. P. Hall & Son; August 18, 1896; DLC/PP-1896:40301. On front: "Copyright 1896 by Geo. P. Hall & Son, general photographers, No. 157 Fulton St., New York. Ver... More

New York Connecting Railroad, Hell Gate Bridge, Spanning East River, W...

Survey number: HAER NY-88 Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, 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 over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Entrance to First Congregational Church, Broadway, New York, MDCCCXLV

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Penmork.

View of New York: from Brooklyn Heights

Artist: Frances F. Palmer. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6914

Representation of the famous Washington market, New York City

Print shows exterior view of the Washington market in New York City with people and wagons in the foreground. Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 4, no. 10 (1853 March 5), p. 160.

Grand procession of Wide-Awakes at New York on the evening of October ...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 4, (1860 October 13), p.648-649. File print in LOT 4406 (1860). Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Streets; NY NYC Squares; P... More

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

No. 40. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, 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 the crowd lining Broadway in New York City for Lincoln's funeral procession; a few men in uniform stand in the street. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 18... More

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

Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCP 160. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gotth... More

Scene in Printing-House Square, New York City Elevated railway in Gree...

Two illustrations: one showing street peddlers, street entertainers, and their customers in front of the Times and Tribune offices; the other showing elevated railway in Greenwich Street, New York City. Illus. ... More

New York City - The Orange Riot of July 12th - view on Eighth Avenue l...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1871 July 29, pp. 328-329.

Princeton Baseball Team 1873 Howell 867 Broadway

Photo shows the baseball team for the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), full-length group portrait, taken outdoors, showing four players seated on a bench with five players standing behind the... More

Interior of the Grand Duke's Theater - The audience during the perform...

Newsboys and bootblacks' theater, Five Points neighborhood, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 37, (1874 Jan. 17), p. 316.

[William Shakespeare monument, Central Park, New York City]

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Down Broadway from post office, New York

L13760 Copyright Office. On image lower right: Copyright 1880 by Charles Pollock, Boston.

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows bathroom with a child being given a bath in a tub. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Col... More

Plat of survey and subdivision of "Washington Heights" : by the commis...

Scale ca. 1:1,280. LC copy annotated in red ink to show lot prices. Cadastral map. From the Breckinridge family papers. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP AACR2: 110;... More

The Humors of the presidential campaign in New York City. A political ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1888 Oct. 27, p. 172.

On the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

People walking on the bridge. Photoprint copyrighted by A.S. Johnston, N.Y. No. 3005. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bridges.

Terrace & gondola, Cent. Park, N.Y. / J.S. Johnston, view & marine pho...

Gondola on lake in Central Park, New York City. 29159-Z U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1894 by J.S. Johnston, N.Y.

U.S.S. Maine passing under Brooklyn Bridge

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Bird's-eye view. Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cuba. The Promenade, Central Park, Havana

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

Wine cellars / Falk, photographer, Waldorf-Astoria.

Wine cellar in the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, showing cases of wine. Y3127 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by George C. Boldt.

Riverside Drive, Upper West Side, New York City

Photograph shows Riverside Drive from 73rd Street, with the Charles M. Schwab House (Riverside) with lawn on the right. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information... More

Broadway, Palais Royal, 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

Bowery bread line, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows a crowd of men outside the Bowery Mission, 55 Bowery Street, New York City. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Servi... More

Court of tenement house, New York City

Title from jacket. "Emerson # 4" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043271. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

West over City Hall and Home Insurance Building, acrosss the Hudson to...

H14011 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C.

Battery Park-extreme southern part of Manhattan Island-Elevated Railwa...

H14666 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C. No. 2.

Santa Claus on Broadway, New York City

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09147. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Jumel Mansion, Washington Heights, New York

Copyright 1903 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: The Jumel Mansion, Washington Heights. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-16691) lists title as: [Morris-] Jumel Mansion, Washington Heights, N... More

New York Stock Exchange, N.Y - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017417. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tropical plants in the Central Park Conservatory, New York City

No. 5651. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Donkeys in Central Park, New York

"393" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017426. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Curb street brokers and Broad exchange, New York

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

Panorama from Hopkins Institute, Panoramic Photograph

H78111 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 23, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42933. Copyright claimant's address: 1070 Broadway, Oakland, California. No. 233.

View in New York City showing its highest building, Park Row Building ...

H104484 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907, by Standard Scenic Company. No. 2972.

Trinity Bldgs. 111-115 Broadway

H111804 U.S. Copyright Office. No. E386. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.

Pres't Hegeman ready to drive last rivet, Met. Life tower

Five men on Metropolitan Life building tower, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). No. 422. Photo by Montauk Photo Concern, New York, N.Y.

Jewish New Year - praying on Brooklyn Bridge i.e. Williamsburg Bridge

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date and identification of Williamsburg Bridge from similar im... More

Trinity Church and office buildings, New York, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Reclining man looming over New York City subway station

Montage photograph shows gigantic man in suit and bowler hat superimposed over street scene. Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for ... More

[Theodore Roosevelt walking in a homecoming parade with New York City ...

J145336 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Albano, Italy, 1909 or 1910. T. R. Roosevelt before the restaurant

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt (?), with his back to camera, talking to two men outside the restaurant. Photo by Bain News Service, New York City.

[Firemen in Reliance building during fire, New York City]

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

J.J. Eller wins 120 yd. Hurdle 1911

Photograph shows John Jacob ("Jack" or J.J.) Eller, Jr. (1883-1967), an American track and field athlete competing in the 120 yard hurdle race, held Sept. 16, 1911, at Celtic Park in Queens, New York City. (Sou... More

W.J. Bryan speaking N.Y - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows people listening to American politician William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), Union Square, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010 and similar Bain negative: LC-B2-2400-12) Title and dat... More