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Historical photographs complemented contemporary images, as the collection continued to grow systematically through commissioned photographs, purchases, and gifts into the early 1970s.
Approximately 54,000 New York City photographs (and their captioned versos), primarily of exterior building views and neighborhood scenes, from the 1870s-1970s, arranged by borough and street.
The 1870s was a period of significant growth and change for New York City. This decade saw the city develop rapidly in terms of population, infrastructure, and culture. The events and advancements of these years laid the foundation for the New York we know today.
10 mar 2021 · With this useful website, you can access a database of photographs for many locations in New York City throughout the ages. OldNYC helps users search New York Public Library’s photographic collection dating back to the 1870s in an easy-to-use map format.
Jul 22, 2012 - Explore Betsy Kent's board "Photos of 1870's NYC", followed by 139 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about nyc history, nyc, vintage new york.
Rarely Seen Photographs of New York From the 1870s. Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1871. In the 19th century, New York City became America’s largest city as well as a fascinating metropolis.
24 paź 2016 · It’s hard to imagine a time when sharing a building with other families was looked down upon in New York. But until 1870, when Richard Morris Hunt’s Stuyvesant Apartments (right) went up a block away on 18th Street, only the poor shared permanent quarters in tenant houses, aka tenements.
