Mulberry Street Little Italy (1900) Here’s a photo of Mulberry Street located Little Italy taken in the late 1800s or more approximately 1900 by various accounts. The top photo is a color-altered photo of the original black and white photo, which is pictured under. And then Read More
Here are some photos of some folks skateboarding in New York City in 1965, taken by photographer Bill Eppridge for Life Magazine. They were published in the May 14, 1965 issue. Click here to see more photos. Read More
Sheep Meadow takes its name from the flock of Southdown and Dorset sheep that were kept on the meadow from 1864 until 1934. Olmsted and Vaux believed that the sheep enhanced the Romantic English quality of the park. The animals served a practical purpose as well—they trimmed the Read More
It can be pretty difficult to find high quality video of New York City in past decades due to technological limitations, but here is almost fifteen minutes of full color, good quality footage of Manhattan in 1949, featuring the 3rd avenue elevated train line, the Bowery, Flatiron Read More
System: New York City Transit Line: IRT East Side Line Location: City Hall Collection of: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Date: 1904 Notes: City Hall IRT Station, Platform Read More