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John Glines | profile | all galleries >> New York City >> New York 1851-1900 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

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New York 1851-1900

"The beautiful city, the city of hurried and sparkling waters! the city of spires and masts!/The City nested in bays! my city!/The city of such women, I am mad with them! I will return after death to be with them!/The city of such young men, I swear I cannot live happy without I often go talk, walk, eat, drink, sleep with them!" —Walt Whitman
1851 - Astor Place 1853 - Woodlawn Hotel, the Bronx 1855 - Walt Whitman 1856 - Stuyvesant Street c. 1860 - Henry Ward Beecher
Fall 1860 - The Prince of Wales on a visit 1862 - Bethesda Terrace under construction 1864 - Booth brothers on stage together 1865 - Hudson Street c. 1868 - Charles Dickens
1870 - Belvedere Castle in Central Park 1870 - Boss Tweed Boss Tweed is beyond the reach of the law 1870-1877 - Brooklyn Bridge under construction 1872 - Poet Walt Whitman
After 1873 - Dining room of the Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. house 1875 - Croton Reservoir, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street 1875 - Broadway, looking south from Park Place 1878-79 - Brooklyn Bridge under construction 1880 - Ella Wesner, male impersonator
1880's - Bellevue Hospital nurses c. 1880 - Immigration officer with arriving family 1880's - Woman with a baby 1882 - Oscar Wilde 1883 - Wall Street
1885 - Face of the Statue of Liberty, not yet in place 1885 - West Street 1886 - We're very wide awake, the moon and I. April 15, 1887 - Walt Whitman 1888 - Bandits' Roost
1888 - Central Park 1888 - Blizzard known as The Great White Hurricane 1889 - Original Washington Square Arch, looking uptown c. 1890 - Harlem River 1890's - Outside a bar
1890's - Coney Island lifeguard (right) 1890's - Police Commissioner, and future president, Theodore Teddy Roosevelt 1890 - Actress Maude Adams c. 1890 - Baxter Street Alley in Mulberry Bend 1890 - Tenements, Gold Street, Brooklyn
1890 - Class in a condemned school 1890 - Street children 1890's - Pottery class at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn 1891 - Canal boats at Coenties Slip 1891 - Constructing cable tracks
1892 - Washington Square Arch, looking downtown 1892 - The Mall, Central Park October 9, 1892 - Apartment ads 1892 - Dyckman House 1893 - Inwood Hill
1893 - Russian sailors on a visit 1893 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion 1894 - Bethesda Fountain, Central Park 1894 - Shacks on 5th Avenue and 101st Street 1894 - Ambrose Park, Brooklyn
1895 - Bellevue Hospital Ambulance 1895 - Herald Square 1895 - Rowing on the Harlem River 1895 - U.S.S. Maine 1896 - Shanties on West 62nd Street, near Broadway
1896 - Shoeshine boys 1896 - Art class 1896 - Policeman c. 1896 - William Gillette in his play Secret Service 1896 - Maude Nugent
1896 - 5th Avenue bus 1897 - Brooklyn trolleys 1897 - Policeman and street musician 1898 - Instructor and bather, Midland Beach, Staten Island 1898 - Coenties Slip
1898 - Pell Street, Chinatown 1898 - Greeley Square 1898 - Lillian Russell, actress and long time mistress of Diamond Jim Brady 1898 - Peddlers at 6th Avenue and 34th Street 1899 - Winter
1899 - Snow removal 1899 - Lower Broadway 1899 - Police parade up Broadway 1899 - Crossing 7th Avenue at 116th Street 1900 - Bowling Green
c. 1900 - New York Stock Exchange c. 1900 - New arrival on Ellis Island 1900 - Immigrants at Battery Park c. 1900 - The Bowery near Grand Street 1900 - Organ grinder on the Lower East Side
1900 - West Street c. 1900 - Ferry boat 1900 - Peanut stand, West 42nd Street 1900 - Free ice c. 1900 - Jewish market, Lower East Side
c. 1900 - Selling bananas 1900 - Girls in nursing class, Lower East Side 1900 - Boys in toy making class, Lower East Side 1900 - Clam seller at Mulberry Bend 1900 - Buying bread on Mulberry Street
1900 - Mulberry Street 1900 - Tenement inspection 1900 - Broadway Athletic Club 1900 - Ball team c. 1900 - Chinese Opera House
1900 - Horsecar on Bleecker Street 1900 - Handsom cab for hire 1900 - Carriages waiting at Madison Square c. 1900 - Railroad car with photographic equipment c. 1900 - 23rd Street at 5th Avenue and Broadway
1900 - Easter Parade on 5th Avenue 1900 - Copyists in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1900 - Stagecoach on upper 5th Avenue 1900 - Harlem River Speedway c. 1900 - Outside the Harlem Opera House, West 125th Street
1900 - Recreation dock 1900 - Recreation dock 1900 - On the water c. 1900 - Shipping at the East River docks c. 1900 - Visiting a patient
c. 1900 - Fulton Ferry Terminal with horse-drawn streetcars c. 1900 - Columbus Circle 1900 - Coney Island 1900 - Anna Held c. 1900 - 5th Avenue
1900's - Police on parade 1900's - Immigrant family on Ellis Island

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Dan Greenberg04-Aug-2017 16:17
Thanks so much for taking the time to post these and annotate them. Very intriguing and educational and just plain fun to see. ~BV~
Jim's Atavistic Visions30-Jul-2017 18:15
Thanks for sharing this fascinating gallery! ... Josephine
John Ewing29-Jul-2017 06:45
Fascinating. V
Cemil Gursen28-Jul-2017 17:21
Very interesting collection. V
Guest 04-Mar-2017 15:15
Totally fascinating to view - thanks for posting these great images.
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)04-Jun-2016 18:56
Beautiful Captures Vote
Paolo
bill friedlander15-Jan-2016 19:21
A great collection. Love it! V
Jean-Claude Riboulet02-Nov-2015 10:00
Very nice gallery.V
Christian Dumont24-Jan-2015 08:47
Thank you for making us enjoy this wonderful collection.
Rob de Heer03-Sep-2014 23:18
Very interesting collection.Thanks for sharing..
joseantonio28-Jan-2014 17:45
you have done a great job here.V.
Guest 17-May-2013 19:11
Wonderful images. I was born and raised in New York. These photos are an incredible historic record. Love it. Thanks,
LynnH12-May-2013 21:17
Wonderful collection. I thoroughly enjoyed this gallery. V
Paolo G. 02-May-2013 14:36
Very nice gallery! Compliments!
Kristin Heusser Photography28-Apr-2013 11:45
Fabulous Collection!
Guest 20-Apr-2013 19:28
Very , very interesting !!!!
Guest 15-Apr-2013 17:29
very interesting
The Ellisons14-Apr-2013 16:56
Great series, thank you for sharing them with us!
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