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No. 914 Samuel Thorne - East 73rd St. - Nicholas Palmer - R. Guggenhei...

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East 82nd St. - No. 1015 Anthony Drexel - East 83rd St. - No. 1020 Wil...

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Prospect Park, Brooklyn., New York City

Beating-Out Machine (Shoe-Machinery Manufacturing Co.) ; Spear'S Sole-...

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New York City. Post office, Lower East Side

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Croton Water Reservoir, New York City.

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St. Peter's Church, Brooklyn, New York.

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Lullwater, Lookout Hill in distance, Prospect Park.

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Tomb of Wm. Niblo, Dale Avenue.

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Bowling Green, On the arrival of the Prince of Wales in New York.

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Instantaneous view on Broadway, N. Y..

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Fifth Avenue, New York, from corner of 42nd Street.

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Gen. U.S. Grant's Tomb, Riverside, New York City, U.S.A.

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Scene on the Bay previous to the Regatta, Jul 4th, 1860.

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Panorama from Brooklyn Bridge Pier [E]

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Bird's-eye view of New York Harbor, U.S.A.

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View on the Hudson River [steamboat on river].

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Union Dime Savings Bank. New York City.

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St. Joseph's Church. N. Washington Place, N.Y.

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Dining Room, Hotel Windsor, New York.

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View of library with stacks and skylight.

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Elevated railroad, 42d st., New York.

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Elevated rail road, engine depot, New York.

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Music pavilion, Central Park, New York.

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Interior of rustic arbor, Central Park.

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Flatiron Building, (S) most remarkable business structure on earth, Ne...

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Cabinet Bridge across the Lake, to the Mall.

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Ascent of Prof. Low's baloon from the corner of 6th Ave. and 59th St.

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The Fountain, the Esplanade of the Terrace. The Lake and Ramble in the...

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Summer House west of the Pond, near Artists' Gate, 6th Av. and 59th St...

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Instantaneous view of the Lake from the Terrace.

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View from Locust Bridge, Central Park.

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Saturday afternoon, Central Park, New York.

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Reception of the Japanese Embassy at the Battery.

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Form of roof girder (wrought iron) at Kensington Station under constru...

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A. H. Caryl's elevated atmospheric railway.

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60th Street Station., New York City

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Construction of the Broadway subway line - Broadway, New York City

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Similar to preceding view, but showing more of building at left.

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View of a long corridor within one of the Ellis Island buildings; a bo...

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A derby-topped gentleman observing the harbor form the observation roo...

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German stowaway - Public domain dedication image

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No. 236-8, Smith, Gray & Co. - Second National Bank - No. 258 Marceau,...

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The Esperanto, 390 West 105th Street; Plan of first floor; Plan of upp...

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The Lincoln, 130-136 Claremont Avenue; Plan of first floor; Plan of up...

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[Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Ave. & 81st St.]

St. Patrick Cathedral - East 51st St. - Union Club - No. 647 Robert Go...

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West 38th St. - Black, Starr & Frost, diamonds - No. 442, Miss Mary A...

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Waterfront, from roof of Irving Trust Building, Manhattan.

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New York City. Post office, Lower East Side.

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New York City and Environs. (bird's eye view).

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In the dalles of the Saint Louis river.

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In the dalles of the St. Louis river.

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In the dalles of the Saint Louis river.

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

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Brooklyn Bridge and elevated railways, from Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.

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Brooklyn Bridge, New York. (Taken from ferry boat under full headway.)

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The great Brooklyn Bridge, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

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Panorama of New York and Brooklyn Bridge, U.S.A.

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East River, showing Brooklyn Bridge, New York.

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

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The Binnen Bridge and Cascade, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Trout Pond and falls, Prospect Park.

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Upper pool and rustic bridge, Prospect Park.

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Monument of J.W. Schmidt, Sen'r, M.D.

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View of South Brooklyn, from near the entrance.

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Coney Island, N.Y., view at West Brighton Beach.

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

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Panorama from W.U. Telegraph Office, N.Y.

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Panorama from the Post Office, New York.

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Panoramic View, South from W.U. Telegraph B'd'g.

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Looking Down on New York's Skyscrapers -- From Woolworth Tower (S.W.) ...

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Kindergarten on the beach, Coney Island, U.S.A.

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Courtlandt St. and Jersey City Ferry, from the Cor. of Washington Stre...

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Stuyvesant Pear tree, N.E. corner, 13th & 3rd. Ave, NY City.

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Grand Review, Decoration Day, New York, U.S.A.

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Columbus discovered America, Washington gave her Liberty.

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Looking up 5th Avenue from 23rd Street.

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Broadway, from Barnum's Museum, looking north.

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Bird's eye view of Broadway from the Stereoscopic Emporium, looking no...

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Broadway from Broome Street, looking up.

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The Marines, U.S.N. Great Centennial, 1889.

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Veteran Fireman, Great Centennial Parade, 1889.

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Broadway from the post office, New York.

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Broadway - Burst of sunlight after a shower.

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Wall Street, New York [Trinity Church in background].

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View on Fifth Avenue looking down[view of townhouses and church].

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Wall Street and Trinity Church, New York.

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Broadway from Metropolitan Hotel, N. Y., U. S. A..

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View of the Harlem River from High Bridge, Westchester County.

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Famous Battery Park with some of New York's tall buildings.

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Castle Garden [people sitting on benches].

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Equestrian statue of Washington at the Washington Square.

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

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Washington Monument, Union Square. Taken from the new building of The ...

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Union Square, looking North. From the Domestic Sewing Machine Co.'s bu...

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Ferry boat on the East River. - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

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Looking along the docks, from Fulton Market, showing floating grain el...

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Naval Parade, Centennial. April 28th, 1889.

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