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Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs

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J.S. Johnston photograph collection, 1890-1899

Collection of 108 photographs taken circa 1890-1899: by J.S Johnston, a New York City based marine and scenic photographer, including original glass negatives and modern gelatin silver photographic prints. The photographs are pleasant depictions of New York City landmarks, as well as Niagara Falls, Boston, the Hudson River valley, Puerto Rico, Montreal, and Quebec. There are also some images of shipping, and of Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) and his Wild West Show.
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Norvin H. Green collection of elevated railroad photographs, circa 1890-1910, 1937-1941

This digital collection includes 3,417 cellulose nitrate photographic negatives from the Norvin H. Green Collection of Elevated Railroad Photographs. Norvin Hewitt Green (1894-1955) was a business executive, civic leader, railroad enthusiast, and trustee of The New-York Historical Society who compiled a photographic record of New York elevated railroads that focuses on the dismantling of most of the lines between 1939 and 1941, hiring the firm of H.F. Dutcher to document the demolition in almost 4,000 views.

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