"New York City Hall and park, 1900." It's ten o'clock -- do you know where your great-grandparents are? 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
Not an aerial view but ....
Now named for a crook Behind City Hall is the ...
New York circa 1910. "Williamsburg Bridge and East River waterfront." With a cameo by the Heckers' Flour mill on Water Street. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Not much wave action Water surface patterns indic ...
... ten-year old Yankee Stadium! Any idea?
Good Morning Manhattan Another gorgeous Gottscho image, thanks. If I had the time, I ... to state the obvious, I would wager that no one in that Manhattan of 1933 could possibly imagine the evil events that would occur on ...
... A tree grows in Brooklyn But not in the Bowery.
The Manhattan Bridge of 1909 took care of the buildings on the immediate right. ... side) of Bowery ends at 77 and picks up at 25 south of the Manhattan Bridge entrance. Thanks again Dave for these wonderful photos!
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Manhattan Fruit Drinks & Skirts What first caught my eye was the corner ... offering "Papaya" drinks--this in 1943. As a child in Manhattan in the 1950s I remember visiting fruit drink stands with my ...
Parade in New York City in the 1920s. Shot 4 of 5 of the parade from an envelope of negatives I bought recently. View full size.
Lindbergh returns This is the 1927 Lindbergh ticker tape parade in New York City. I found this on the Libra ...
... this 125th and Broadway on the IRT line. Bedrock in North Manhattan was to dangerous and labor intensive to blast, so an extremely high ... signaling during the 1980s. Impressive structure.
Manhattan Street This is definitely the 125th street viaduct. We're looking ...
Parade in New York City in the 1920s. The building in back is the old courthouse and post office, at the time referred to as Mullet's Monstrosity. Torn down in 1939, it was located on Broadway right by City Hall. First of five shots of the parade ...
Parade in New York City in the 1920s. Last of five shots of the parade from an envelope of negatives I bought recently. View full size.
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Parade in New York City in the 1920s. Shot 2 of 5 of the parade from an envelope of negatives I bought recently. View full size.
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Parade in New York City in the 1920s. Shot 3 of 5 of the parade from an envelope of negatives I bought recently. View full size.
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... that name from river to river. It was among the last of Manhattan's streetcar lines to be "bustituted" in the mid-1930's. Today the ... of Scottish players.
Pier 62 On the west side of Manhattan piers are numbered by this method: the cross street plus 40. Thus, ...
... Violent thunderstorms with possible hail or gleet.
Manhattan Injection That label might be the worst thing I've read in my ... for Captain Kangaroo.
Consult your physician. "Manhattan Injection," the name and instructions notwithstanding, is "for ...
Washington, D.C., 1924. "Ford Motor Co. -- Manhattan Laundry trucks." Emblazoned with the ominous slogan WASH DAY DOOMED. ... negative. View full size.
Florida Ave. N.W. Manhattan Laundry
—With the Famous Net Bag System
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... fresh snow crunching underfoot.
Anyone who lives in Manhattan today will marvel at the attention paid in to clearing the way for ... at the curb corners.
Any Shorpsters living in Manhattan? It appears the the two buildings on the NE corner of 5th Ave and ...
... a Restoration Hardware that is usually deserted.
Manhattan Traction Here's the Cable Building at Broadway and Houston Street in Manhattan. Built in 1893 to turn the cables of Manhattan's traction cars, which ...
... the purchase of Alaska in 1867.
The park that ate Manhattan ... or at least a goodly potion of the Lower East Side: it's quite ... The last horsecar line on the Bleecker Street route in Manhattan lasted until 1917, while Pittsburgh had this form of transit on Sarah ...
Lower Manhattan circa 1903. "Hanover National Bank Bldg., New York City." 8x10 inch ... of the buildings in the 1903 photograph exist today.
Manhattan Life Insurance Building To answer Timz's question, the building under construction on Broadway is the Manhattan Life Insurance Building, designed by Kimball and Thompson and built ...
... hurt! 4x5 News Archive negative. View full size.
Manhattan I believe that is a Kaiser Manhattan parked to the left and above the right rear fender of the Ford police ...
... Administration. View full size.
Mooners Over Manhattan Ralph, Alice, Ed and Trixie would probably take umbrage at these ... the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn. East 63rd Street in Manhattan is a world away from Brooklyn, especially in the days of the ...
... after four years in New Haven to take job in Lower Manhattan. Evidently a newsie. Talks in gibberish: 'I sell paper on the Street. ... site, and that's no April Fool.
Lloyd of Lower Manhattan The waif of Wall Street.
Hilarious!
Lloyd the Newsie ...
... ornaments in the upper branches.
An Achene Matures in Manhattan The branch with the apparent Christmas ornaments belongs to a ... to this narrative.) In 1996, Chemical acquired Chase Manhattan and adopted Chase's more well known identity. You will notice that ...
... photo of Marilyn Monroe with her dress blown up was taken. Manhattan -- something happened almost everywhere.
Manhattan Tic-Tac-Toe What's with the markings on the windows of the three ...