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Old New York In Photos – Brooklyn Bridge & The Manhattan Skyline At Night 1928
Vintage Photograph Shows 1928 Manhattan Skyline At Night From Under the Brooklyn Bridge
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Our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About recently dug up this incredible vintage photograph showing the Manhattan skyline at night as seen from under the Brooklyn Bridge circa 1928. The…

THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Vintage Map Shows Aerial View of the Cities of New York and Brooklyn in 1875
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This map, created and published in 1875 by printmakers Currier & Ives, shows Manhattan, Governors Island, Brooklyn and bits of New Jersey as seen from a birds eye view over Hoboken.…

Aug. 3, 1975: Coney Island was one of the few areas of activity during that summer’s hottest days, as the “Coney Island Chamber of Commerce reported a crowd of more than 1 million people, including more than 5,000 who slept on the beaches overnight,” The Times reported. Elsewhere across the five boroughs, “New York City was a town in low gear,” as temperatures seemed to linger in the 90s without any respite in sight.
Vintage Photograph Shows Thousands of Beachgoers on Packed Coney Island Beach in 1975
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The Lively Morgue was a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…

Aug. 3, 1975: Coney Island was one of the few areas of activity during that summer’s hottest days, as the “Coney Island Chamber of Commerce reported a crowd of more than 1 million people, including more than 5,000 who slept on the beaches overnight,” The Times reported. Elsewhere across the five boroughs, “New York City was a town in low gear,” as temperatures seemed to linger in the 90s without any respite in sight.
Vintage Photograph Shows Thousands of Beachgoers on Packed Coney Island Beach in August, 1975
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The Lively Morgue was a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…

Aug. 3, 1975: Coney Island was one of the few areas of activity during that summer’s hottest days, as the “Coney Island Chamber of Commerce reported a crowd of more than 1 million people, including more than 5,000 who slept on the beaches overnight,” The Times reported. Elsewhere across the five boroughs, “New York City was a town in low gear,” as temperatures seemed to linger in the 90s without any respite in sight.
Vintage Photograph Shows Thousands of Beachgoers on a Packed Coney Island Beach in August, 1975
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The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…

2131 Flatbush Ave, 1925
Vintage Photograph Shows Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn's Flatlands Neighborhood, 1925
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This vintage photograph from 1925 shows the James J. Butler Real Estate office at 2131 Flatbush Avenue in the Flatlands neighborhood of Brooklyn. Check out those home prices! Injusted for…

Williamsburg Bridge Under Construction As Viewed From The East River 1901
Vintage Photograph Shows the Williamsburg Bridge Under Construction in 1901
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Recently dug up by our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About, this great 117-year-old gloomy photo shows the Williamsburg Bridge under construction in 1901, as seen from on board a boat on the…

Brooklyn borough president Riegelmann driving the first stake for the Coney Island boardwalk, October 1st, 1921
Vintage Photograph Shows Brooklyn Borough President Riegelmann Driving Coney Island Boardwalk's First Stake, 1921
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Captured on October 1st, 1921, this great vintage photograph shows Brooklyn Borough President Edward J. Riegelmann driving the very first stake into the ground for the Coney Island…

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, 1912
Vintage Map Shows Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company Train Lines in 1912
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Formed in 1896, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company acquired and consolidated many various train and streetcar services in Brooklyn and Queens. By the time this map was created in 1912, the…

Good for one passage over Williamsburgh Bridge on local bridge cars only. Three rides 5 cents.
When Williamsburg Bridge First Opened, You Needed One of These Paper Ticket to Cross by Trolley
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Local historical blog Ephemeral New York recently dug up this great vintage ticket from 1903 in the Museum of the City of New York's Digital Collection. Shortly after the bridge opened, you…