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The south prospect of the city of New York in America

Print shows the waterfront on the south side of New York City with ships and boats in the foreground; prominent features numbered, legend not included.

Southwest view of Fort George with the City of New York.

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of New York, Governors Island, the river &c. from Long Island

Print shows a panoramic view of the battle of Long Island. Illus. in: The town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr.... More

Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Lionel Pincus and Princ... More

New Yorke : 1695 - Public domain vintage map

Facsim. of ms. original in British Library. "By permission from the New York History Co." Original version: [1696?]. Includes index to points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... More

A chart of the sea coast of New Foundland, New Scotland, New England, ...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, anno Domini, M[D...

Scale ca. 1:3,300; foot 660 to one 8 of a mile. "To the Honourable James De Lancey ... this plan of the City of New York is humbly dedict. by your honours most obet. & humble servant G. Duyckinck." Shows ward b... More

Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre : New York, Pensilvanie et Nouveau Jer...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the Nor...

Scale ca. 1:6,300. Dedicated "To the Honble. Thos. Gage ... " Relief shown by hachures. Includes text, index to points of interest, and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the pr... More

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the nor...

Scale ca. 1:6,300. Relief shown by hachures. Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage. Described in I. N. P. Stokes' Iconography of Manhattan Island. Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset of "A chart of ... More

A south east view of the city of New York, in North America Vue de sud...

Print shows two men sitting on a knoll under a tree in the foreground and a distant view of New York City with King's College, now Columbia University, the most prominent building visible. Printed for John Bow... More

Bunker's Hill on N. York Island

Drawing shows distant view of wooded landscape with a few buildings. Inscriptions on front are difficult to decipher. Inscribed in ink on the back: Montresor. Possibly owned or drawn by John Montrésor, British... More

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the Nor...

Scale ca. 1:6,300. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage. Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Ho... More

[New York Island. Military; unfinished.

Scale ca. 1:9,500. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows fortifications and redoubts north of the vicinity of Hell Gate befor... More

Plan of The Narrows, shewing the channel, shoal, depth of water, and t...

Scale 1:6,000; 500 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1155 Ava... More

The provinces of New York and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, an...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. LC copy deteriorated in margins. Relief shown pictorially. Shows administrative divisions. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New York.--A plan... More

A plan of the Narrows of Hells-gate in the East River, near which batt...

Scale ca. 1:2,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. In upper margin: no. 6. Includes "References." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1154 Available also throug... More

A Map of the country round Philadelphia : including part of New Jersey...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge 1777, with the proposed redoubts ...

Scale ca. 1:7,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Oriented with north to the left LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1165 Available also through ... More

[Map of defenses of New York Island from Fort Washington to Fort Indep...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Disposition of British troops, with fortifications north of Fort Knip...

Scale ca. 1:10,600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows military unit members. "No. 31." Stamped on label on verso: Montresor. Includes table "Cantoonments between Fort Knypehausen and... More

A chart of Delaware Bay and River - Public domain map

An Accurate map of New York in North America, from a late survey.

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A map of the country in which the army under Lt. General Burgoyne acte...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Nord de l'Ile de New-York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:19,000; 600 t[oises] = 93 mm. Alternate title: Nord de l'Isle de New-York. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for military po... More

Reconnoissance, juillet 1781. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:18,400; 700 t[oises] = 75 mm. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Reconnoissance juillet 1781. Ouvrages et redoutes-Morisania [continent] îles de New York, Montresor... More

Reconnoissance des ouvrages du nord de l'Isle de Newyork dont on a dét...

Scale ca. 1:10,300; échelle de 600 toises = 94 cm. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows forts and redoubts. Indexed. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1215 A... More

Plan of the city of New York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:13,000. Hand colored. Shows ward boundaries. Includes index to buildings. Wheat & Brun. Maps and Charts (1978 ed.) 387 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1113 Available also through the Library of... More

The Metropolitan Sanitary Fair - the art gallery

Illustration shows people viewing paintings at event in New York City to raise money for the Civil War; page also includes poem "Dead" by Theo. P. Cook and beginning of story "Maritana" by Lizzie Campbell. Ill... More

New York from Brooklyn - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...

Bird's-eye view with Brooklyn Bridge on right. Copyright by Irving Underhill. No. D-420.

A map of the country from Rariton River in East Jersey to Elk Head in ...

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Fort Washington, head of Harlem River.

Scale not given. Manuscript; pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Shows military troop positions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

View of New York from taken from Weahawk

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of the state of New York. - Public domain old map

Map of the route of the proposed New York & Erie Railroad, as surveyed...

A description of a view of New York, now exhibiting at the Panorama, L...

Print shows a panorama of New York City in two plates with views of Chatham Street and Broadway, with the Hudson and East Rivers in the background of the first (top) block, as well as the bay with "Bedlow's Isl... More

Topographical map of the city and county of New-York, and the adjacent...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows wards, physical features, and various places of interest. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court o... More

A gone case. A scene in Wall-Street

A comic scene representing two New York city political factions, the Whigs and the radical Democrats (or "Loco Focos"), as scuffling newsboys. The scene takes place before the half-built Customs House, where se... More

Triumphal procession of the eagle and other birds, at the April electi...

A parade of jubilant New York City Whigs, led by successful mayoral candidate Aaron Clark (at right, with walking stick). Clark, who defeated Tammany candidate John J. Morgan in the Spring election, walks arm-i... More

Executive mercy/Marcy and the Bambers

An attack on New York governor William L. Marcy's controversial decision to surrender Irish fugitives John Bamber, Sr., and his son James to the British consul after their detention in New York. The Bambers, wa... More

Map of New York exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail ...

O.K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

A postelection Whig satire, "Respectfully dedicated to the members of the Eighth Ward Tippecanoe Club and inscribed to their Patriotic Chairman Charles H. Delavan, Esqr." The artist shows a crowd of Whigs assem... More

Democratic simplicity or the arrival of our favourite son

A satirical attack on alleged excesses in the Van Buren administration and on the President's Loco Foco or radical Democratic supporters in New York. Martin Van Buren rides past New York's Tammany Hall in a lu... More

Distance map of the state of New York : containing all the towns in th...

Fanny Ellsler's last seranade or the soap-locks disgraceful attack upo...

A riot scene: German parade musicians (possibly accompanying touring ballerina Fanny Elssler) are attacked and beaten with their own instruments by a gang of toughs (or "Soap-Locks" for the long, soaped hair lo... More

William Heath - [Map of New York Island and vicinity.

Scale 1:126,720; 1/2 an in. to a mile. Manuscript, pen-and-ink tracing "copied from a map found among the Heath papers in the hands of Amos A. Lawrence, Esq. of Boston, by Henry Stevens, Jr." The Heath papers a... More

Race between Bennett and Greely for the Post Office stakes

A satire on the competition between rival editors Horace Greeley and James Gordon Bennett for New York post office printing contracts. The artist also comments on the circulation wars between Bennett's "New Yor... More

Progress of reform!!! No. 1 - Political cartoon, public domain image

A scene in New York, outside the gates of City Hall Park. Two well-dressed men with top hats overturn the table of two apple-women. One of the men (from all appearances a Loco Foco radical Democrat) shouts at t... More

Artilleryist group - Mathew Brady seated on left

Photograph shows group portrait of artists who participated in the art exhibition at the Metropolitan Fair in New York City, 1864, held to support the United States Sanitary Commission, "for the relief of the s... More

The old Billop house

Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Distance map of the state of New York : containing all the towns in th...

General-content state wall map. Does not show specific distances or administrative towns (townships). LC copy imperfect: Shellacked, very darkened, brittle, cracked, wooden hanging rods removed. Available also ... More

A bird's eye view of the city of New York View of Galveston, Texas.

Illustration showing a bird's eye view of New York City looking toward Battery Park (?) and a view of Galveston from the bay, boats and ships in foreground. Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 2, no. 20 (1852 M... More

Harmony in the wigwam! Democracy of the right brand-y

A comic scene ridiculing the Tammany Democrats of New York City. Tammany headquarters, known as the "Wigwam," here erupts in a drunken fracas over the Democratic platform for the presidential race of 1852. The ... More

[First American Chess Congress held in New York City, November 1857]

Source unknown. Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Five points. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: New York City and Central Park. No. 1394. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

U.S. Treasury, New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: Popular Series of American Views. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Instantaneous Broadway view. New York City sterescopic card, 19th cent...

On mount: American Scenery. New York City. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

High Bridge. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Scenery. New York City. Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbia College, 4th Ave. New York City sterescopic card, 19th centur...

On mount: Views of New York City. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

The Field Building, New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th cen...

On mount: American Series. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Cooper Union, 7th St. and 3rd Ave., N.Y.C

On mount: Views of New York City. Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women standing on the Brooklyn Bridge

On mount: American Series. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Elevated railroad, Burling Slip, New York

Gift; Estate of Victor S. Clark ; 1946 Sept. 3. (The Library of Congress) On mount: C. Bierstadt, Niagara Falls, N.Y., Manufacturer of Stereoscopic Views. No. 1325.

Post Office. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Scenery. New York City. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Young Men's Christian Association Building. New York City sterescopic ...

Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of store, 594 Broadway, New York occupied by Paul & Curtis, i...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trinity Church. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Scenery. New York City. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

City Hall, N. Y. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Views. Standard Series. Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

N.Y. University. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Views. New York City. Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Bridge, New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: XLNT S&L Series; New York City and Vicinity.

View on 5th Ave. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Scenery. New York City. No. 348. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

U.S. Treasury, New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

Stereoscopic Gems of New York & Vicinity. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suspension Bridge, from Broadway, New York

No. 3100. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Metropolitan Fair. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

No. 4. Title from Library Staff. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shipping, East River, N.Y., showing boats inlcuding boat from Georgeto...

On mount: New H Series: New York City. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Trinity Church. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Views. New York City. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

High Bridge, New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Series. Handwritten on verso: [Connects Manhattan & Bronx]. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

U.S. Treasury Building. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Scenery. New York City. Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The street cars. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Scenery. New York City. No. 361. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Metropolitan Opera House, N.Y. New York City sterescopic card, 19th ce...

On mount: European and Amerivan Views. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Battery N.Y. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Series. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

The Japanese Embassy in New York--scenes and incidents

Photo shows crowd gathered in New York City for the arrival of Japan's first diplomatic mission to the United States on June 16, 1860, with cannons in foreground preparing to fire a salute.

The Astor Library. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Scenery. New York City. No. 331. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Cornelius Vanderbilt's parlor and library N.Y

On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Baltimore, Md., Ottawa-Kas. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Study of foliage photo by Heywood

Label on verso: New York State scenery. Photo by Heywood, Published by Frank Rowell, No. 25 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., U.S. No. 637. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

The city of New York / Horton, N.Y.

Print showing many boats on the East River with view of New York City in the background.

The meeting of the friends, City Hall Park

New York governor Horatio Seymour's famous "My Friends" speech, delivered from the steps of New York's City Hall during the draft riots, was widely misrepresented in the press. On the basis of reports such as t... More

Specimens of New York bill posting

Photograph shows a wall covered with broadsides, many advertising theatrical performances. One reads: "Daly's second Irish Relief Fund Concert, Apollo Rooms, Tuesday evening, June 16th, 1863." Anthony's Stereos... More

Costume of ladies' at the Normandy stand, Metropolitan Fair, April 186...

Photograph shows portrait of a woman in a traditional costume from Normandy, France. On verso: To Nettie & Lin with compliments of Mrs. Robt. Larason. On verso: Photographed by J. Gurney & Son, N.Y. in aid of ... More

The Great Sanitary Fair-dining saloon

No. 5. Title from Library Staff. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Metropolitan Fair. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

No. 9. Title from Library Staff. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's eye view of New York and environs.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 594.6 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1

View of High Bridge, from the New York side

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New-York.

Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. New York City sterescopic card, 19th ...

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New-York. No. 1872.

Kate. - Public domain monumental decor print Cartes de visite

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

View of High Bridge, from the New-York side

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New-York.

New York und umgegend / engraved by R. Kupfer, N.Y.

Print showing bird's-eye view of New York City. Includes numbered key to prominent places and features.

New York und Umgegend. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. At end of title: Prämie zum sechszehnten Bande des New Yorker Belletristischen [Jo]urnals. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 594.7 Available also through the Libr... More

House on tree-lined street with fence

Illegible handwritten note on verso: Aunt H[annah]. Title devised by library staff. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

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