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Planes Trains and AutomobilesOctober 27, 2014
Crowds at the now-defunct City Hall Station of the brand new New York subway system. (NYPL) One hundred and ten years ago today, the first train of the New York City subway system began its first trip underneath the city, filled with eager and…
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Above is an illustrated bird's eye view of College Point, Queens, from a 1917 guidebook "Illustrated Flushing and vicinity."As that book goes on to describe, "COLLEGE…
One hundred years ago today, the Detwiller & Street fireworks plant, located in the Greenville section of Jersey City, exploded in a horrible shower of fire…
In 1981, there were more reported robberies in New York City (over 120,000) than in any year in its history. There were over 2,100 murders that…
Setting up a market under the Manhattan Bridge. (Courtesy MCNY. Note: This photo may be of an earlier market here, but this gives you an idea…
Look to the stars children! A vintage Rosh Hashanah card manufactured by the Williamsburg Art Company in the 1920s.Rosh Hashanah is here -- the first of…
New Amsterdam, the home of Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt (by Thomas Addis Emmet, courtesy NYPL)The new Ken Burns seven-part documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History is…
Above: The cover of the New York edition of Brown's optical illusion bookOne of the hottest books in New York City in the fall of 1864…
Syms operating theater at Roosevelt Hospital in 1900, perhaps one of the cleanest places in Manhattan! (Picture courtesy Museum of the City of New York) It…
The fate of an automobile at Breezy Point, 1973 (Courtesy US National Archives) The abandoned car, that most dramatic symbol of urban blight, is a sight…
Give Peace A Chance: Women take to the streets in a stunning parade of mourningBelow are some pictures of what's possibly New York City's first anti-war…
Seventy five years ago today, an extraordinary tradition began -- televised Major League baseball!The location was appropriately Ebbets Field, one of baseball's legendary 'field of dreams'. The…
An extraordinary photograph of Yiddish theater stars! Front row: Jacob Adler, Sigmund Feinman, Sigmund Mogulesko, Rudolph Marx; Back row: Mr. Krastoshinsky and David Kessler For a passionate…
