5,861 History of new york city Images: NYPL's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Broadway & 139th Street., New York City

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Cable car for taking soil., New York City

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Another view of the ferry boat, as it nears Battery Park. The building...

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View of one wing of the Immigration Station, Ellis Island.

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Ivy-covered exterior of Ellis Island building.

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Serbian Gypsies - Public domain dedication image

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No. 155 Chas. Scribner's Sons, publishers - O.J. Dude Co. - Flatiron B...

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No. 251, Coleman, Tailor, Little Shop - Pennsylvania Railroad Co. - No...

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Squibb Building with Sherry Netherland in the background, 745 Fifth Av...

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[East 35th St. - Costikyan & Co, rugs - Chas. C. Kurzman, millinery - ...

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East 90th St. - Andrew Carnegie's Residence - East 91st St.

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East 58th St. - Plaza Bank - Ramsdell Drug & Co. - Hotel Savoy - Nethe...

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No. 303 F.A.O. Schwarz, toys, Haas Bros. - Kinckerbocker Club - No. 32...

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N.Y. Telephone Building, 140 West Street, Manhattan.

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New York City. Post office, Lower East Side.

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Five canoes starting from Ilsand portage.

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Clinton Avenue Cong[regational] Church, Brooklyn.

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Christ Church, cor. Clinton & Harrison Sts., Brooklyn.

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Scene in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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View of carriage, rail and foot roads, from platform around Brooklyn t...

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[View of a steamer and Brooklyn Bridge tower.]

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View from the ferry house, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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New York and Brooklyn suspension bridge.

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Suspension bridge and New York City, from Brooklyn, U.S.A.

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Promenade, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.

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Brooklyn Bridge, near view, N.Y., U.S.A.

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General view of Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.

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The Brooklyn Bridge, New York, U.S.A.

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View of South Brooklyn, from near the entrance.

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Scene in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Arbor Water and fountain. Old Receiving tomb opposite.

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Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

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Entrance to Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Henry Ward Beecher's grave, Greenwood Cemetery, N.Y., U.S.A.

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Henry Ward Beecher's grave, Greenwood Cemetery, N.Y., U.S.A.

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Scene at Brighton Beach, Coney Island, N.Y.

New York stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

A pretty good story. On the beach at Coney Island, N.Y.

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Firemen's Parade on Labor Day, Broadway, New York.

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[View of crowd in New York City street.]

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34th Street looking west from 5th Ave.

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Centre Street From Bridge, N.Y. City.

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Victory sounds her trumpet, Great Naval Arch erected in honor of Admir...

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Broadway from Fulton Street - columns of St. Paul's Church on the left...

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Broadway[street scene with carriages, pedestrians and shops].

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Instantaneous Broadway view., New York City.

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Broadway from Broome Street. N. Y.

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Broadway, looking north from the corner of Canal Street.

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Fifth Avenue, New York[view of townhouses].

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Broadway and Trinity Church, New York.

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View on Fifth Avenue, New York[carriage in front of houses, trees in f...

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Fifth Avenue and 37th Street, looking north.

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Wall Street, New York, U.S.A.[street scene, Trinity Church in backgrou...

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Broadway, the busy thoroughfare of America, New York, U. S. A.

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Fifth Avenue North from St. Patrick's Cathedral past Vanderbuilt homes...

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High Bridge from the North, showing Hotel.

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Tomb of Gen. Grant, Riverside Drive, N.Y.

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Tomb of Gen. Grant, Riverside Drive, New York.

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Grant's Tomb, Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y.

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Castle Garden, New York [view of grounds].

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Battery Place looking from Castle Garden [man in foreground].

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Castle Garden, New York [view of grounds].

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Washington Monument, Union Square, New-York.

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Union Square & 4th Avenue, looking North-east. From the Domestic Sewin...

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Broadway looking North from Union Square. Taken from the new building ...

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Castle Garden and Liberty Statue, New York City, U.S.A. [aerial view o...

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East River Bridge [Brooklyn Bridge], N.Y.

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Hudson River in New York, from Hoboken Ferry boat.

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View from East River Bridge tower, In[stantaneous?]

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Animated Scene. The shore crowded with spectators and the water crowde...

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Pier No. 2, North River, New York.

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View looking down the East River, from foot of 53d St., New York.

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President, entering the board, Great Naval Parade, Centennial.

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The Great Naval Parade, Centennial. April 28th, 1889.

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Columbus' flagship "Santa Maria," Columbus Naval parade, New York Harb...

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Upper saloon of the steamer "Providence," from aft looking forward.

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Saloon of the steamer "Bristol," from aft looking forward.

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View from foot of Whitehall street, looking towards south Brooklyn. Th...

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Dry Dock Savings Bank. New York City.

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Stock Exchange, Broad St., New York.

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Union Dime Savings Bank, Sixth Avenue, New York City

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Corner of 20th Street and 4th Avenue.

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Dr. Tyng's Church, Madison Ave. New York.

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Interior of a Residence in New York City.

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Parlor View, Fifth Av. New York City.

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Conservatory, Fifth Avenue, New York City.

New York stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

[Mistress of the house with servants.]

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Deaf and Dumb Institute, Station M., New York City.

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Interior of a Residence, New York City.

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The Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Worth Monument from the Balcony of St. ...

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Elevated R.R. on the Bowery. New York.

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Drinking fountain on the mall. [Girl in a dress at the fountain.]

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Mount St. Vincent, Central Park, N.Y.

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[Rustic arbor, near the play-ground, Central Park. Interior view.]

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Restaurant, Central Park, New York City.

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Vine clad arbor, Central Park, N.Y.

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The Merry Butchers, Washington Market, New York.

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[Man standing on the shore of a marsh (?).]

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