Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
An image of tenement buildings with clothing drying on clothes lines that extend from one building to the next; the roof of the building on the upper left has numerous holes.
Opened in 1880, the 2nd Avenue elevated ("El") train had a stop at 34th Street. There are people walking on the sidewalks and crossing between the train lines. Carts are parked along the curbs and under the elevated tracks.
View of two sides of the Park Avenue Hotel exterior from the corner of Park Avenue and 33rd Street. In the foreground are horses and carriages as well as dogs and people walking on the sidewalks. The hotel no longer exists.
The caption reads: "The Casino and Abbey's Theatre, Broadway Thirty-sixth to Thirty-eighth Street." The Casino Theatre was built by Kimball & Wisedell for producer Rudolph Aronson. Managed by Canary & Lederer (1894-1903) the Shuberts acquired the...
This colorful map shows New York City before it was incorporated into the five boroughs. Westchester County stretches down into what is now the Bronx, Brooklyn appears as an independent city, and Queens is only a county.
Two well-dressed women and a little girl crossing 33rd Street below the Waldorf-Astoria. There is a horse drawn carriage and several men also in the street, one possibly a flower vendor.
Shows the Murray Hill Tunnel, later called the Park Avenue Tunnel, with Fourth Avenue Horse Car Line "Harlem via Madison Av." with The Church of the Messiah in background.
The image shows a mother and child at the door of the Dispensary along with pedestrians on the sidewalk and a horse drawn carriage at the curb. The New York Dispensary functioned as community health clinic.
Post office buildings--New York (State)--New York.
Caption reads: "New Post Office Building situated between 31st and 33d Streets. This handsome building was completed in 1913 at the cost of $6,200,000. It faces the Pennsylvania Terminal and is built over the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad....
Caption reads: "The Waldorf - Northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-third Street. H, J. Hardenbergh, Architect." Rare view of Waldorf before construction of the Astoria Hotel. Built by William Astor on the site of his father’s mansion and...
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Acton, Thomas C.; Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891; Brewer, J. Hart (John Hart), 1844-1900; Carroll, Thomas B.; Clay, Henry, 1777-1852; Cofey, Henry C.; Combs, Leslie, 1793-1881; Conkling, Roscoe,...
Letters, notes, a printed circular, and one receipt pertaining to the life and activites of Horace Greeley, dated from 1840 to 1872. Nearly all letters are written by Greeley; recipents include Thurlow Weed, Henry Clay, Roscoe Conkling, Andrew...
Slums--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.Â
"Fever Nests" refers to areas of the city, usually tenements, in which typhus fever, typhoid fever and smallpox flourished. Image shows Civil War era slums with animals in the streets and an industrial smoke stack in the background spewing smoke.
A print depicting three residential homes each with a fenced in yard with trees. In the yard of the nearest structure, there is a man in a horse drawn work cart and several cows grazing.
Caption reads: "Pennsylvania Hotel. One of the world's largest hotels, the finest of the chain of Statler Hotels. A popular meeting place for New Yorkers. Has 2200 rooms." Facing the hotel in the foreground is the old Pennsylvania Station...
Astor Residence, Waldorf Hotel, Holland House Hotel, Marble Collegiate Church in the distance. The image also features horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians.
