Incredible Vintage Photos of New York (33 Pics)

By | October 13, 2016

Lower Manhattan aerial, c.1947 (note: site clearance for Brooklyn Battery Tunnel lower left)
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Columbia University, 1957
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67th St. and Broadway
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Empire State Spire looking towards Chelsea
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Hellgate Bridge, Queens 1947
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H.M.S. Queen Mary arrives, 1936
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Fulton Fish Market, 1938
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Cable crew, George Washington Bridge, 1930
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New York 1955 by William Gedney
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River House, 1931
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Wall St., 1911
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Rockefeller Center, 1937
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Dirigible over Midtown, 1931
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5th Avenue looking Southwest from 42nd street showing the Croton Reservoir, June 1899
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Aerial view of Pensylvania Station District looking East, July 1922
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Aerial view of Lower Manhattan looking Northwest, July 1922
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Aerial view of St. Patricks Cathedral, July 1921
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Aerial view of Lower Manhattan looking Northeast, March 1933
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Midtown Manhattan looking Northeast from Graybar Building, June 1928
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Aerial view of midtown Manhattan looking North from Washington Square, July 1924
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Aerial view of midtown Manhattan looking South from Central Park, May 1925
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Aerial view of midtown Manhattan looking Northeast showing Central Park on background, September 1927
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River House, 1931
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Railcars on the Hudson, 1930s
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2nd Ave. El, 1936
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Penn Station, 1938
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Manhattan circa 1908. "New York skyline." Part of an eleven-section panorama.
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Views of and from the Singer Tower 1908-191
Manhattan circa 1908. "New York skyline." Part of an eleven-section panorama. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
 

Lower Manhattan and the Singer Tower, 1908
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View towards City Hall Park from the Singer Tower, 1908
New York circa 1910. "Looking down Broadway from the Post Office. Singer, City Investing and Hudson Terminal Buildings." Detroit Publishing
 

New York skyline from Manhattan Bridge, 1915
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View of Manhattan, 1915
New York circa 1915. "New York skyline from Manhattan Bridge." Another entry from Detroit Publishing's series of sooty cityscapes.

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