Old pictures of Long Island

c. 1912

Howard Orphanage

1910

Vacation Bungalows

1905

Queensboro Bridge (aka 59th St Bridge) under construction.

1917

Brooklyn's drafted men leaving Long Island

1935

TIMES SQUARE

1933

Brooklyn Bridge

1941

Burning fallen leaves

1974

Tightrope walker Philippe Petit between the towers of the World Trade Center

1896

Newsgirl and newsboy

1941

New York City Subway (1941)

1956

SKYLINE

1840

Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper taken by John Draper

1942

Crash of the Transatlantic Liner Normandie

1912

Pinta, Santa María, and Niña replicas from Spain.

1937

Rockefeller Ctr.

1909

Manhattan Bridge, under construction

1896

A knife grinder

1903

Hester Street on the Lower East Side

1942

PEARL ST.

1889

Harry Houdini, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, in chains

1938

Lower Manhattan skyline at night

1900

Nikola Tesla as a Swimming Instructor

1892

Alexander Graham Bell at the opening of the long-distance line

1898

Haven Lane Spring (Buckman's well) between W. 181st and W. 182nd Streets, Northern Avenue and Riverside Drive