New York City Photo’s 05-07-12

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Queensboro Bridge under construction, on August 8, 1907

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

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

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

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

Times Square theaters by day, in New York City 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

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

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

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

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

New York Police Department Evidence photo 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

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

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

A man reads a newspaper on New York's 6th Ave 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The "Well", US Signal Corps Army Base Terminal, Port of Embarkation 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

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

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

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

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

Aftermath of a collision on an elevated rail track

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

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

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