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"The Great Eastern," number 115 East 37th Street, 1865.
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An image of tenement buildings with clothing drying on clothes lines that extend from one building to the next; the roof of the building on the upper left has numerous holes.
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still image
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Local Identifier
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34078
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34th Street west of Broadway - 6th Ave, Koster & Bials, 1902.
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Koster and Bial’s Music Hall on 34th Street and Broadway. Construction work is being done next to the building and pieces of lumber are visible near the sidewalk. The image also features pedestrians and horses and carriages. On the left an advertisement posted on a brick building says “Grand Rapids Furniture Exhibit.”
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still image
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34061
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At the Lower Corner of the Waldorf-Astoria.
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Two well-dressed women and a little girl crossing 33rd Street below the Waldorf-Astoria. There is a horse drawn carriage and several men also in the street, one possibly a flower vendor. Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street.
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still image
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34143
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Bed Room, Stewart's Hotel for Working Women.
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Illustration of one of the bedrooms in the Women's Hotel, Fourth Avenue, 32nd and 33rd Streets. Stewart's Hotel for Working Women was commissioned by the wealthy merchant, A.T. Stewart. The hotel opened in 1877 to provide safe housing for the influx of working women into the city. It was soon reopened as a regular hotel in 1878 and renamed the Park Avenue Hotel. The building was demolished in 1927.
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still image
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34019
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Broadway and 34th Street (1900)
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Now the busiest crossing in New York and a great hotel center. The tower is the old Broadway Tabernacle where the much beloved Dr. Taylor preached until his death. The site was later occupied by the Hotel McAlpin.
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still image
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34129
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Broadway at Night Looking North from Thirty-fourth Street.
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This is a vibrant reproduction of a color print by Canadian-born artist Charles William Jefferys (1869-1951) who once worked at the New York Herald. The Broadway Tabernacle Church, the 6th Avenue elevated train, the Herald Building and several theatres, including Koster & Bial's, are depicted. The streets are teaming with cable cars, horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians. Broadway and 34th Street.
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still image
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34154
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Broadway between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Streets.
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Broadway between 34th and 35th Streets. Exterior view of Macy's department store's Broadway entrance and Herald Square. The image also depicts horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians and a view of Herald Square.
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still image
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34088
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Broadway, between 33rd and 34th Streets - Mutual Bank - Otto Goldsmith, Jewelers - R.M. Haan, Café and Importer - Brodie Importing Co., Trunks, Bags, Etc., - J. Honda, Japanese Goods - M.A. Bowe, Florist - United Cigar Stores Co - Josephson Bros., Menswear - Baltimore & Ohio R.R Ticket Office, corner 34th Street.
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Exterior view of the Mutual Bank building along with adjoining businesses. Depicts billboard advertisements, signs and pedestrians.
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still image
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34087
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Church at 35th Street and Lexington Avenue.
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Caption reads: Church at Thirty-Fifth Street and Lexington Avenue, New York, Vol. Three, 244. Church has vines growing up towards the steeple and along the side of the building. Across the street, a row house has its façade also covered in vines.
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still image
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34163
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Crossing of Broadway and Sixth Avenue at 34th Street.
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View from 34th Street looking south at Greeley Square. The Union Dime Savings Bank is in the center and the 6th Avenue El train is on the right of the image.
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still image
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34001
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Drawing-Room in the State Apartments, New Hotel Waldorf.
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Erected by William Waldorf Astor on the site of the former home of his father, Northwest Corner Fifth Avenue and Thirty-third Street, New York. Cost $4,000,000.
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still image
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Local Identifier
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34022
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Empire State Building, 34th Street and Fifth Avenue.
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Drawing taken from the book "The Symbol of American Achievement." Upon the site of the historic old Waldorf Astoria, stands the Empire State Building, the highest structure in the world. Its tower designed as a mooring mast for airships is often concealed from the eye by low hanging clouds.
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still image
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34002
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Fold-out view of Penn Station façade.
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West 34th Street and Eighth Avenue. Book illustration of the original Beaux-Arts Penn Station façade featuring granite columns designed by architects McKim, Mead and White.
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still image
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34055
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Grand Dining Room, Stewart's Hotel for Working Women.
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Fourth Avenue, 32nd and 33rd Streets. Illustration of the Grand Ballroom of the Women's Hotel. Stewart's Hotel for Working Women was commissioned by the wealthy merchant, A.T. Stewart. The hotel opened in 1877 to provide safe housing for the influx of working women into the city. It was soon reopened as a regular hotel in 1878 and renamed the Park Avenue Hotel. The building was demolished in 1927.
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34020
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Hotel Pennsylvania, 33rd Street, opposite Pennsylvania Railroad depot.
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Hotel Pennsylvania, at 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue, opposite the Pennsylvania Railroad depot, with which it is connected by an underground passageway. The first section on Seventh Avenue, 20 stories high, contains 1,000 bedrooms with bath and shower. Exceptionally favored for sunshine and air.
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34058
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James McCreery & Co.
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An advertisement (from a pamphlet) for the McCreery Department Store, Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, a prominent dry goods merchant which occupied this ten-story retail edifice.
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still image
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34128
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Macy's Christmas Gifts Catalogue.
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Broadway and 34th Street. Macy's exterior view, detail of 34th Street entrance with clock.
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still image
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34096
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Main Entrance, Stewart's Hotel for Working Women.
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Illustration of main entrance to the Women's Hotel, Fourth Avenue, 32nd and 33rd Streets. Stewart's Hotel for Working Women was commissioned by the wealthy merchant, A.T. Stewart. The hotel opened in 1877 to provide safe housing for the influx of working women into the city. It was soon reopened as a regular hotel in 1878 and renamed the Park Avenue Hotel. The building was demolished in 1927.
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still image
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34015
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Manhattan Market.
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Image is an illustration of a street scene in front of the Manhattan Market which was located at 34th Street and 11th Avenue.
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still image
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34011
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Park Avenue.
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Park Avenue view heading North toward 34th Street.
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still image
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Local Identifier
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34009
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Pennsylvania Station - bird's-eye View.
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West 34th Street and Eighth Avenue. Aerial view of the original Penn Station designed by architects McKim, Mead and White. The image has a view of various rooftops and of pedestrians on the street below. Madison Square Garden in presently standing on this location.
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still image
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Local Identifier
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34057
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