It's no secret that 1980's New York City was not a very nice place to be. The streets were filled with trash and graffiti, crime was rampant, public areas were underfunded and neglected. One…
The New York Public Library was established in 1895 and quickly housed one of the largest collections in the world. It is currently the second largest collection in the United States, and…
This great vintage film from 1928 shows the Staten Island Ferry arriving to, and departing from, Whitehall Terminal in lower Manhattan. The boat seen here is the Bronx, commissioned by the…
This great vintage photograph shows the view looking west down 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, captured sometime between 1903 and 1910. On the right you can see an entrance and facade of…
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…
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration has a great digital collection titled American Cities which "depicts the city, its development, and its people and their way of life…
Captured by the U.S. Army Air Service on May 26, 1926, this incredible aerial photograph shows Lower Manhattan, New York Harbor, the Hudson and East Rivers, Governors Island, and bits of…
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…
Long before the Macy's arrived, Herald Square was home to the headquarters of namesake New York Herald newspaper. In this vintage photograph captured around 1901 by the Detroit Publishing…
