image The USS Olympia at Tompkinsville, Staten Island for the Dewey Naval Parade, September 29, 1899. View Item
image The USS Olympia at Tompkinsville, Staten Island for the Dewey Naval Parade, September 29, 1899. View Item
Still Image Midland Beach Staten Island New York City looking towards the lighthouse August 1916. View Item
Image Collection 1645 Items George P. Hall & Son photograph collection, circa 1876-1914 The George P. Hall & Son collection consists of 1,649 photographic prints and negatives. The large-format views provide clear, extremely detailed and flattering depictions of a variety of subjects, including Manhattan's early skyscrapers, hotels and theater exteriors, harbor activity, and downtown streets, as well as Brooklyn business areas and resorts. George P. Hall & Son photographed the Battery skyline repeatedly from the 1880s through the 1910s, documenting the dramatic changes that occurred as New York progressed from a lowrise to a highrise city. George P. View Collection
Image Collection 2084 Items Robert L. Bracklow photograph collection, 1882-1918 (bulk 1896-1905) Robert Louis Bracklow (1849-1919) was an amateur photographer and stationer. He was an active member of the Society of Amateur Photographers of New York (later the Camera Club), where he exhibited photographs with fellow amateur Richard H. Lawrence and with Alfred Stieglitz. This digital collection includes 2,084 glass plate negatives from the New-York Historical Society's Robert L. Bracklow Photograph Collection, which contains images of New York City, its immediate environs, and towns throughout New England from 1882 to 1918. View Collection
Image Collection 51 Items 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. View Collection