Series IV. Images, 1828–2000, inclusive
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Photographs, prints, stereoviews, and postcards of Gramercy Park, its surrounding neighborhood, and other areas of Manhattan, mostly south of 23rd Street. Many images are reproductions or copy prints.
Subseries IV.A. Photographs and prints, 1828–2000, inclusive
Arrangement
Filed geographically, starting with Gramercy Park and the streets fronting it (Gramercy Park North, South, East, and West), followed by numbered Manhattan streets (running east-west), numbered and named Manhattan avenues (running north-south), squares, aerial views, unidentified locations, and people. The handwritten page numbers on some images refer to Stephen Garmey's Gramercy Park: An Illustrated History of a New York Neighborhood (1984). For a copy of the book, see Box 8, Folder 10.
Gramercy Park, circa 1905–2000, inclusive
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Views of Gramercy Park proper, including its paths, plantings, statuary, fountains, and fence.
Gramercy Park [oversize], 1946, 1948, inclusive
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Artistic depictions of Gramercy Park from The Saturday Evening Post, October 12, 1946 and January 3, 1948.
Gramercy Park asbestos steam explosion cleanup, 1989 August-October, inclusive
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Color photographs (including aerial views) documenting the cleanup efforts by Consolidated Edison following a steam pipe explosion outside 32 Gramercy Park South (southwest corner of Third Avenue and East 20th Street) that killed three people, injured twenty-four, and released a cloud of asbestos over the neighborhood on August 19, 1989.
Gramercy Park North (a.k.a. East 21st Street), 1898–1927, inclusive
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Views of the buildings fronting Gramercy Park North (a.k.a. East 21st Street), including the residence of architect Stanford White (121 East 21st Street).
Gramercy Park South (a.k.a. East 20th Street), 1876–2000, inclusive
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Views of the buildings fronting Gramercy Park South, including the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South) and The Players (16 Gramercy Park South).
Gramercy Park East, 1863–1992, inclusive
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Views of the Gramercy Park House (hotel), which occupied the sites of the apartment houses at nos. 34 and 36 Gramercy Park East, which are also represented
Gramercy Park West, 1846–1959, inclusive
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Views of buildings and architectural details on Gramercy Park West, including stills from the film "Happy Anniversary" (1959), starring David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor, shot at 1 Gramercy Park West.
East 14th Street, undated, inclusive
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Nineteenth-century view of the north side of East 14th Street at Irving Place, showing the Steinway & Sons building and the Academy of Music.
East 15th Street, 1893, undated, inclusive
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Views of Samuel B. Ruggles's former stable (103 East 15th Street), Brewer's Exchange [or Century Association Building] (109 East 15th Street), and the New-York Dispensary for Women and Children (corner Livingston Place).
East 17th Street, circa 1870, undated, inclusive
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Views of the Everett House (northwest corner of Fourth Avenue); a former stable (121 East 17th Street); and Joe King's German American Rathskeller [Scheffel Hall] (141–145 East 17th Street, a.k.a. 190 Third Avenue).
East 19th Street, undated, inclusive
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Views of nos. 129 and 146 East 19th Street, the latter the residence of artist George W. Bellows (1882–1925).
East 21st Street, 1930s, 1980s, inclusive
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Views of nos. 21 (color) and 147–159 East 21st Street.
East 22nd Street, circa 1864, inclusive
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Twenty-second Street, looking east from Broadway, circa 1864, showing th south tower of Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church and the spire of St. Paul's Methodist Church at the corner of Fourth Avenue.
East 23rd Street, circa 1894–1905, inclusive
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Views of the National Academy of Design (northwest corner of East 23rd Street and Fourth Avenue) and East 23rd Street trolleys at Fourth Avenue.
West 53rd Street, 1926, inclusive
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View of Mount Olivet Baptist Church, 161 West 53rd Street.
First Avenue, circa 1944, 1946, inclusive
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Views of the intersection of First Avenue and East 20th Street (showing gas tank) and Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village under construction (aerial).
Second Avenue, circa 1964, inclusive
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Views of Church of the Epiphany (Roman Catholic), 373 Second Avenue at East 22nd Street, taken after the fire that destroyed it on December 20, 1963.
Second Avenue [oversize], undated, inclusive
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View of the Society for the Lying-In Hospital (305 Second Avenue).
Third Avenue, 1865–circa 1962, inclusive
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Views of the Seventh Regiment Armory (Third Avenue between East 6th and 7th Streets), Scheffel Hall interiors (190 Third Avenue), Chancellor Walworth Lodge (northwest corner of Third Avenue and East 20th Street), and Third Avenue looking north and south from East 22nd Street.
Irving Place, circa 1880–1976, inclusive
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Views of the Consolidated Edison Building (4 Irving Place); cornerstone ceremonies for Washington Irving High School; the so-called Washington Irving House (4 Irving Place); east and west sides of Irving Place between East 17th Street and Gramercy Park South.
Lexington Avenue, circa 1860s–1920s, inclusive
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Views of Peter Cooper House (9 Lexington Avenue); 11 Lexington Avenue; and the Free Academy (Lexington Avenue at East 23rd Street).
Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South), circa 1863–1949, inclusive
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Views of Fourth Avenue (later renamed Park Avenue South) between Union Square and East 32nd Street, including the Clarendon Hotel (219 Fourth Avenue); 250 Fourth Avenue (under construction); New Amsterdam Hotel (265 Fourth Avenue); All Souls Unitarian Church (southeast corner of East 20th Street); St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church (at East 22nd Street); Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church (at East 22nd Street); Young Men's Christian Association Building (at East 23rd Street); Episcopal Church Missions House (281 Fourth Avenue); original Metropolitan Life Insurance Company building (at East 23rd Street); Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (at East 25th Street); railroad depot (at East 27th Street); Peter Cooper's home (at East 28th Street); A. T. Stewart's Hotel for Working Women (at East 32nd Street).
Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South) [oversize], 1891, undated, inclusive
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Views of Calvary Church (277 Fourth Avenue), the United Charities Building (287 Fourth Avenue / 105 East 22nd Street), and All Souls Unitarian Church (391 Fourth Avenue).
Broadway, 1980s, inclusive
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Views of demolition work for the site now occupied by One Union Square South (a.k.a. 842 Broadway and 142 Fourth Avenue) and Church of the Puritans (southwest corner of Broadway and East 15th Street).
Madison Avenue, circa 1870–1980s, inclusive
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Views of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower (1 Madison Avenue) under construction, and looking northwest from East 55th Street.
Madison Avenue [oversize], 1950s, inclusive
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Rendering of the New York Life Insurance Company Building (51 Madison Avenue).
Fifth Avenue, 1840s–1902, inclusive
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Views of the South Dutch Church (corner of 21st Street); the Flatiron Building (175 Fifth Avenue) under construction; and St. Patrick's Cathedral (between East 50th and 51st Streets).
Fifth Avenue [oversize], 1860s, inclusive
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Engraving (likely from Harper's Weekly) of St. Patrick's Cathedral under construction.
Madison Square, 1896–circa 1925, inclusive
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Aerial views of Madison Square Park and vicinity
Madison Square [oversize], circa 1900, inclusive
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Turn of the 20th century bird's-eye view of Madison Square Park and surrounding architecture.
Union Square, 1828–1900, inclusive
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Views of Union Square Park, its statuary, and surrounding architecture.
Washington Square, undated, inclusive
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An apparently mid-19th century engraving of "Washington Parade Grounds."
Aerial views, 1855, 1907, inclusive
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Aerial views of the vicinity of Gramercy Park as seen from the Latting Observatory (West 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) and from the Metropolitan Life Tower (1 Madison Avenue).
Aerial views [oversize], 1907, inclusive
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Aerial view of the vicinity of Gramercy Park from the Metropolitan Life Tower (1 Madison Avenue).
Unidentified location, undated, inclusive
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Interior view of an unidentified church.
People, 1879–1974, inclusive
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Photographs of Edmond T. Quinn's medallion of Samuel B. Ruggles; Augustus Saint-Gaudens's relief of Richard Watson Gilder with his wife, Helena De Kay, and son, Rodman; members of the National Arts Club and Gramercy Neighborhood Associates caroling at Christmas, 1974; and an unidentifed man writing at a desk (possibly John B. Pine, author of The Story of Gramercy Park, 1831–1921?).
Negatives, 1919, undated, inclusive
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Negatives for a number of prints found throughout Subseries IV.A.
Subseries IV.B. Stereoviews [15], circa 1853–1888, inclusive
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Filed alphabetically in two categories: stereoviews of New York City, and stereoviews of Washington, D.C.
Stereoviews of New York City [13 views], circa 1853–1888, inclusive
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• Congregational Church of the Puritans (Union Square West) & Spingler House (undated)
• Free Academy, New York (undated)
• Free Academy, 23d Street, N.Y. (undated)
• Park Avenue, N.Y. [Church of the Covenant, Park Avenue & East 35th Street, 1863–5]
• St. Bartholomew's Church (Madison Avenue & East 44th Street) (undated)
• St. Bartholomew's Church (Madison Avenue & East 44th Street), entrance (undated)
• St. Patrick's Cathedral, interior (1888)
• St. Patrick's Cathedral, rear view from Park Avenue (undated) [2 copies]
• St. Stephen's Church, interior (1853–1865)
• Union Square Hotel (undated)
• Young Men's Christian Association (23rd Street and 4th Avenue), Lecture Hall (undated)
• Young Men's Christian Association (23rd Street and 4th Avenue), view from (undated)
Stereoviews of Washington, D.C. [2 views], 1869, undated, inclusive
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• Corcoran Art Gallery, Corner seventeenth street and Pennsylvania Avenue (undated)
• Smithsonian Institution (1869)
Subseries IV.C. Postcards [46], circa 1900–1980s, inclusive
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Filed alphabetically in three categories: postcards of Gramercy Park and vicinity, postcards of New York City, and postcards of elsewhere.
Postcards of Gramercy Park and vicinity [19 cards], circa 1900–1975, inclusive
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• Gramery Park South / Consolidated Edison Bldg.—14th St.
• Hotel Gramercy Park, 21st Street at Lexington Ave, New York
• Hotel Irving, Twenty-six Gramercy Park, New York City
• Landmarks of New York City [Gramercy Park]
• New York's famous Gramercy Park, East 20th to 21st St., off 4th Ave.
• The Players [3]
• Statue of Edwin Booth [2]
• View Over Gramercy Park [2]
• Washington Irving House
• West Gate, Gramercy Park [3]
• Three World War I era postcard-size poems by "RWH": "To A.S.T." (September 29, 1918); "A Prayer for Peace" (October 1, 1917); and "In Gramercy Park" (December 25, 1918).
Postcards of New York City [18 cards], circa 1907–1987, inclusive
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• Flatiron Building [1]
• Grace Church [2]
• Madison Square Garden [1]
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Building [3]
• Old College of the City of New York [1]
• Old Grand Central Depot, 42nd Street [1]
• Reception Room, Y.M.C.A., 23rd St., N.Y. City [1]
• St. Patrick's Cathedral [4]
• Union Square [3]
• Washington Square [1]
Postcards of elsewhere [10 cards], 1962–1980s, inclusive
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• Ringwood Manor, Ringwood State Park, Passaic County, New Jersey [9]
• Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York [interior]