These photos document scenes from New York City between the late 19th century and mid 20th century, including: 1) Infrastructure projects like the construction of bridges and subway stations. 2) Aerial views showing the growth and development of the city skyline. 3) Daily life in the city's neighborhoods, parks, and public spaces. 4) Historic events and landmarks that helped shape New York into one of the world's great metropolises.

1. New York City Photo’s

2. Sunlight floods in through windows in the vaulted main room of New
York City's Grand Central Terminal, illuminating the main concourse,
ticket windows and information kiosk. Photo taken ca. 1935-1941

3. Aerial view of New York City, looking north, on December 16, 1951

4. 28th Street Looking east from Second Avenue, on April 4, 1931

5. Meeker Avenue Bridge under construction, looking south,
showing Brooklyn approach, on June 29, 1939

6. Shadows are cast beneath the Brooklyn Bridge,
seen from a stable roof, on May 6, 1918

7. A worker on the Brooklyn Bridge, on November 19, 1928

8. Markus Mercury Wheel Club, Flushing Race
Track, bicyclists ready to race in June of 1894

9. Original City Hall subway station, IRT
Lexington Avenue Line, in 1904

10. Coney Island looking east from Steeplechase Pier showing
Sunday bathers, crowd on beach, on July 30, 1922

11. A two-horse team street cleaner, with
sprayer, squeegee, and roller at rear

12. An experimental exposure made on the
Queensboro Bridge, on February 9, 1910

13. Italian vegetable sidewalk stand, on Bleeker Street, near
Church of Our Lady of Pompeii, in August of 1937

14. Lower Manhattan skyline at night, seen from either the
Staten Island Ferry or Governor's Island, in February of
1938

15. Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History,
West 81st St, between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West

16. Red Hook Swimming Pool, Clinton, Bay & Henry
Streets, Brooklyn. Bathers as far as the eye can see

17. Queensboro Bridge under construction, on August 8, 1907

18. The Queensboro Bridge, showing reconstruction
of tracks looking east, on November 22, 1929

19. A one-legged newspaper boy and other "newsies",
on Delancey Street, on December 26, 1906

20. New York Police Department evidence photo, homicide scene. Joe
Kellner, 404 East 54th Street, murdered in hallway, on January 7, 1916

21. Powell House at 195th Street and 58th
Avenue North, Queens, on May 20, 1941

22. Times Square theaters by day, in New York City. The Times
Building, Loew's Theatre, Hotel Astor, Gaiety Theatre and
other landmarks are featured in this January, 1938

23. An aerial view of the Statue of Liberty in
New York Harbor, on January 27, 1965

24. A view from the Williamsburg Bridge, looking west, showing
congested traffic in Manhattan, on January 29, 1923

25. Painters suspended on cables of the
Brooklyn Bridge, on October 7, 1914

26. A Hooverville in Brooklyn, ca. 1930-1932.
The area is now Red Hook Park in Brooklyn

27. New York Police Department
Evidence photo. Homicide
victim - overhead view, ca.
1916-1920. At the corners, note
the legs of the tripod supporting
the camera above the body

28. A Subway Road Comes up for air in Brooklyn -- in
background, a view of Manhattan from subway elevated
tracks, 8th Street, Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1938

29. Yankee Stadium, Yankees on the
field during a game, ca. 1935-1947

30. A man reads a newspaper on New York's 6th Ave.
and 40th St, with the headline: "Nazi Army Now
75 Miles From Paris.", on May 18, 1940

31. New York Fire Department demonstration of a
steam pumper converted from horse-drawn to
motor-driven, at 12th Avenue and 56th Street

32. Men cut ice from Kissena Lake in Queens, ca. 1860-1900

33. Children and adults with herd of sheep in the Sheep
Meadow in Central Park, New York City, ca. 1900-1910

34. Manhattan Bridge, under-construction, seen
from the roof of Robert Gair Building, showing
suspenders and saddles, on February 11, 1909

35. Aboard a police boat on October 10, 1934, New York Mayor
Fiorello LaGuardia hacks away at confiscated slot machines
about to be destroyed and dumped into New York harbor

36. A view down an alley, as rows and rows of laundry hang
from tenements ca. 1935-1941. Seen looking west from 70
Columbus Avenue or Amsterdam Avenue at 63nd Street

37. A crowded street market under New York
City Rail Road tracks, looking south on Park
Avenue from 123rd Street in June of 1932

38. A night view of Midtown Manhattan, looking south
from Madison Avenue and the 50's, ca. 1935-1941

39. Amid road construction, the Hudson Diner advertises
"Tables for Ladies" on November 20, 1929, on
Marginal Street, looking east from 125th Street

40. Ninth Avenue El trains with passengers on 2 levels of tracks, 66th
Street El station in background, in October of 1933. Photo taken on
Columbus Avenue, northwest of Lincoln Square & 65th Street

41. The S.S. Normandie, seen from a Staten
Island ship steaming through upper bay on its
way to a river pier built for it, ca. 1935-1941

42. A view of the city from the Brooklyn Tower of
the Brooklyn Bridge, on April 24, 1933

43. A view of the city from the New York tower of George Washington
Bridge, 168th Street & Hudson River, on December 22, 1936

44. Fire Boats fight a blaze at Grace Line Pier 57, West
15th St, near the National Biscuit Co. building

45. Members of the New York Fire Department attend to a fire victim

46. The "Well", US Signal Corps Army Base Terminal, Port of Embarkation. Ration
cases from crate cars are hoisted to warehouse bins for storage, ca. 1945-1946

47. Water from firefighters' hoses freezes on the side of adjoining buildings

48. Interior view of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company
(IRT) subway powerhouse, 58th to 59th Street, ca. 1904

49. 42nd Street, looking west from 2nd Avenue. Chrysler Building at top
right, "News Tavern" "Goblet Bar" at lower right, ca. 1935-1941

50. Brooklyn Bridge painters at work high above the city, on December 3, 1915

51. Aftermath of a collision on an elevated rail track

52. The Queensboro Bridge, leading to Manhattan, seen on May 1, 1912

53. A motorman operates a trolley cars near
Williamsburg Bridge, on September 25, 1924

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