De gemeente New York heeft onlangs een groot deel van haar fotocollectie online gezet. De galerij – gevuld met meer dan 870.000 foto’s die geschoten zijn in voornamelijk de 20e eeuw – bevat onder meer luchtfoto’s, beelden van het dagelijkse leven, de bouw, misdaad en het zakenleven. New York City Municipal Archives gaf ons de vrijheid een dwarsdoorsnede te laten zien van deze rijke, online collectie.
Sunlight floods in through windows in the vaulted main room of New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, illuminating the main concourse, ticket windows and information kiosk. Photo taken ca. 1935-1941.
Aerial view of New York City, looking north, on December 16, 1951.
Painters suspended on cables of the the Brooklyn Bridge, on October 7, 1914.
28th Street Looking east from Second Avenue, on April 4, 1931.
Coney Island looking east from Steeplechase Pier showing Sunday bathers, crowd on beach, on July 30, 1922.
A two-horse team street cleaner, with sprayer, squeegee, and roller at rear.
An experimental exposure made on the Queensboro Bridge, on February 9, 1910.
Lower Manhattan skyline at night, seen from either the Staten Island Ferry or Governor’s Island, in February of 1938.
Queensboro Bridge under construction, on August 8, 1907.
A one-legged newspaper boy and other “newsies”, on Delancey Street, on December 26, 1906.
Times Square theaters by day, in New York City. The Times Building, Loew’s Theatre, Hotel Astor, Gaiety Theatre and other landmarks are featured in this January, 1938 photo.
An aerial view of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, on January 27, 1965.
A Subway Road Comes up for air in Brooklyn — in background, a view of Manhattan from subway elevated tracks, 8th Street, Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1938.
Yankee Stadium, Yankees on the field during a game, ca. 1935-1947.
Children and adults with herd of sheep in the Sheep Meadow in Central Park, New York City, ca. 1900-1910.
Manhattan Bridge, under-construction, seen from the roof of Robert Gair Building, showing suspenders and saddles, on February 11, 1909.
Manhattan Bridge, under-construction, seen from the roof of Robert Gair Building, showing suspenders and saddles, on February 11, 1909.
A night view of Midtown Manhattan, looking south from Madison Avenue and the 50′s, ca. 1935-1941.
Ninth Avenue El trains with passengers on 2 levels of tracks, 66th Street El station in background, in October of 1933. Photo taken on Columbus Avenue, northwest of Lincoln Square & 65th Street.
The S.S. Normandie, seen from a Staten Island ship steaming through upper bay on its way to a river pier built for it, ca. 1935-1941.
A view of the city from the Brooklyn Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, on April 24, 1933.
A view of the city from the New York tower of George Washington Bridge, 168th Street & Hudson River, on December 22, 1936.
Fire Boats fight a blaze at Grace Line Pier 57, West 15th St, near the National Biscuit Co. building.
42nd Street, looking west from 2nd Avenue. Chrysler Building at top right, “News Tavern” “Goblet Bar” at lower right, ca. 1935-1941.
Brooklyn Bridge painters at work high above the city, on December 3, 1915.
via The Atlantic / Photographs from NYC Department of Records and used with permission
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