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Photographs of New York City and Beyond

The extensive photograph collections at the New-York Historical Society are particularly strong in portraits and documentary images of New York-area buildings and street scenes from 1839 to 1945, although contemporary photography continues to be collected. This collection presents over 100,000 photographic prints and negatives depicting New York City and other locations from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century.

NYHS Identifier
Library Collection
Contributor
New-York Historical Society

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Description

The extensive photograph collections at the New-York Historical Society are particularly strong in portraits and documentary images of New York-area buildings and street scenes from 1839 to 1945, although contemporary photography continues to be collected. This collection presents over 100,000 photographic prints and negatives depicting New York City and other locations from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century.

English
PID
islandora:50726
NYHS Identifier
Library Collection
Language
eng
Member of
New-York Historical Society Digital Collections
Genre
negatives (photographs)
photographic prints
photographs
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Publisher
New-York Historical Society
Type
Still Image
Subject (Geographic)
New York (N.Y.)--Photographs
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs
Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs
Long Island (N.Y.)--Photographs
Contributor
New-York Historical Society
Date Created
1853 to 2009

Subcollections

44 subcollections
Album of photographs of window and store displays, New York City, 1940-1959
Arnold A. Rand and Albert Ordway, Photographs of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 20, 1861-1865
Arthur W. Grumbine photograph collection, 1938-1960, undated
Bannerman family photographic negatives, undated
Bill Cunningham "Facades" photograph collection, circa 1968-1976
Boys' Club of New York photographic negatives, 1920-1980
Browning photograph collection, circa 1920-1938
Burr McIntosh photograph collection, 1898-1910
Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865
Drucker & Baltes Co., Billboard photograph collection, circa 1918-1934
Eadweard Muybridge's Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill, 1878
Edwin Levick Studio photograph collection, 1926-1943 (bulk 1935-1938)
Edwin Martin "NYNY" photograph collection, 1994-2000
Elizabeth Ransom photograph collection, 1891-1892
Eugene Gordon photograph collection, 1970-1990 (bulk 1975-1980)
Eugene L. Armbruster photograph collection, 1894-1939
Frank M. Ingalls photograph collection, circa 1901-1930
Frederick Kelly photograph collection, 1959-1976
George E. Stonebridge photographic negatives, 1897-1918 (bulk 1899-1904)
George P. Hall & Son photograph collection, circa 1876-1914
George R. Fardon's San Francisco album, 1856
H.N. Tiemann & Co. photograph collection, 1880-1916
Harold Roth photograph collection, 1937-1950
Harris Pierce photographs, 1888-1900
Herman A. Blumenthal photograph collection, approximately 1905-1939
Highlights from the Photograph Collections
J.S. Johnston photograph collection, 1890-1899
James Reuel Smith springs and wells photograph collection, 1893-1902
Jessie Tarbox Beals photograph collection, circa 1905-1940
Lewis Hine New York City newsboys album, circa 1908-1912
N.L. Coe and A.J. Drummond, Lower East Side photograph collection, 1901
New York subway construction negative collection, 1901-1902, and undated
Norvin H. Green collection of elevated railroad photographs, circa 1890-1910, 1937-1941
Olmsted Brothers, Albums of photographs depicting the construction of Fort Tryon Park, 1930-1935
Robert L. Bracklow photograph collection, 1882-1918 (bulk 1896-1905)
Selections from the New York Foundling Hospital records
Seventh Regiment photographs, 1861-1947
Subway construction photograph collection, 1900-1950
Victor Prevost photograph collection, 1853-1857, undated
Victor Remer Children’s Aid Society photographs, 1890-circa 1960
William D. Hassler photograph collection, approximately 1910-1921
William J. Roege photograph collection, 1910-1937
Women in Sports Collection
Works Project Administration, Photographic record of Work Projects Administration for the City of New York : Education and Recreation District Office work project activities, 1938

Items in this collection

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Caesar, an enslaved man, 1851

Daguerreotype. Portrait of an African-American male figure, three quarters-length, front view, holding a staff or a shovel (?) in his right hand, wearing a white collar, dark foulard, and checked waistcoat. A note taped to the back of the case identifies the sitter and sitter's history: "born a slave of Van R. Nicoll, son of William, in 1737 at Bethlehem, N.Y., where he died in 1852, the last slave to die in the North."
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San Francisco album : photographs of the most beautiful views and public buildings of San Francisco / photographed by G.R. Fardon

George R. Fardon (1806-1886) was an English photographer who operated in San Francisco, CA and Victoria, BC. The album consists of thirty images of San Francisco in 1856, published as a portfolio by Herre & Bauer. The San Francisco album is considered the first published compilation of photographs of any American city and the major work of Fardon's career. This is one of ten known variant copies.
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San Francisco album : photographs of the most beautiful views and public buildings of San Francisco / photographed by G.R. Fardon

George R. Fardon (1806-1886) was an English photographer who operated in San Francisco, CA and Victoria, BC. The album consists of thirty images of San Francisco in 1856, published as a portfolio by Herre & Bauer. The San Francisco album is considered the first published compilation of photographs of any American city and the major work of Fardon's career. This is one of ten known variant copies.
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107592-Service File.jpg
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Caesar, an enslaved man, 1851

Daguerreotype. Portrait of an African-American male figure, three quarters-length, front view, holding a staff or a shovel (?) in his right hand, wearing a white collar, dark foulard, and checked waistcoat. A note taped to the back of the case identifies the sitter and sitter's history: "born a slave of Van R. Nicoll, son of William, in 1737 at Bethlehem, N.Y., where he died in 1852, the last slave to die in the North."
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309389-Service File.jpg
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37 Items

San Francisco album : photographs of the most beautiful views and public buildings of San Francisco / photographed by G.R. Fardon

George R. Fardon (1806-1886) was an English photographer who operated in San Francisco, CA and Victoria, BC. The album consists of thirty images of San Francisco in 1856, published as a portfolio by Herre & Bauer. The San Francisco album is considered the first published compilation of photographs of any American city and the major work of Fardon's career. This is one of ten known variant copies.
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