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Construction Workers and Bulldozer

Date: 1969
Description: Construction workers and bulldozer on the street next to the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Spectators at World Trade Center Construction Site

Date: 1969
Description: Spectators on the sidewalk observing the construction of the World Trade Center.
Photograph

Man Entering Subway Station

Date: 1969
Description: A man descends the stairs to a subway station near the construction of the World Trade Center.
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Cemetery

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Description: Elevated view of a Gothic revival style Trinity church Wall Street and adjacent cemetery. Modern skyscrapers are in the background.
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New York Street Scene

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Description: A street scene of early New York City, featuring a building-lined street, with people walking, riding horses, and riding in carriages. Also pictured are nu...
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Elevated New York Street Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a street scene in downtown, featuring a small park with a fountain, and many pedestrians among tall buildings.
Book or Pamphlet

Pabst Grand Circle

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of the Pabst Grand Circle Hotel and Majestic Theater. Streetcars, automobiles, carriages, horses and pedestrians line the streets. The marqui...
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Strollers, Carl Schurz Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two women, one holding a bag and one pushing a baby carriage, walk together across the cobbled path of Carl Schurz park. An approaching pedestrian and the...
Photograph

Ratner's Dairy Restaurant, Second Avenue

Date: 1968
Description: The front window of Ratner's Dairy Restaurant on Second Avenue showing displayed pastries inside and the reflection of buildings and pedestrians on the str...
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Boy at Festival

Date: 1968
Description: A boy sitting on a bike on the other side of a street barrier. A pallet and a head board block off the street while a sign announces, "Street Closed--Fest...
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Open-Air Market in New York

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Description: An open air market in the streets of New York. Barrels of goods line the sidewalk and behind them fire-escapes can be seen going up the sides of brick tene...
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Cathedral of St. John

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Description: View toward the facade and right side of the cathedral which is richly carved in stone, and has two belfry's. Pedestrians are near the entrance.
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Columbia University

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Description: View of a campus walkway with individuals walking along the pathway between stone and brick buildings.
Photograph

College of Mt. St. Vincent

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Description: Aerial view of the campus, with the largest brick and stone buildings in the center. Trees border the structures and people are walking on paths or playing...
Photograph

New Amsterdam Theatre

Date: 1925
Description: Front view of the New Amsterdam Theatre (Theater), which advertises the 1925 Ziegfield Follies on its marquee and on street level the play "The Knife in th...
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"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view from street corner at Broadway and West 50th Street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when it was screening the movie "Foreign C...
Photograph

New York "Five Points"

Date: 1881
Description: Stereograph of a street in the “Five Points” slum district.
Postcard

Wisconsin Pavilion in the New York World's Fair

Date: 1964
Description: Print of a color drawing of the Wisconsin Pavilion in the New York World's Fair executed by the architect, John Steinmann. The rendering is of an elevated ...
Photograph

Johnson's Wax Pavilion

Date: 1962
Description: Photographic copy of an artist's rendering of the Johnson's Wax Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

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