Series I. Stereographs of New York City and Elsewhere, 1850s-circa 1900, inclusive
Scope and Contents
673 stereograph cards with mid- to late-19th century views of New York City (i.e., Manhattan) landmarks such as the Brooklyn Bridge, Trinity Church, Central Park, Broadway, and the Tombs prison. Brooklyn and Staten Island are represented by a few cards, as are various locations throughout New York State, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
Arrangement
Series I is organized in four sub-series, each of which is arranged by image topic:
- Sub-series I.A.
- New York City—Bridges, Harbor, Shipping, Rivers
- Sub-series I.B.
- New York City—Manhattan
- Sub-series I.C.
- New York City—Brooklyn & Staten Island
- Sub-series I.D.
- New York State, Pennsylvania, Vermont
Sub-series I.A. New York City—Bridges, Harbor, Shipping, Rivers
NYC—Bridges—Broadway [1 card], [circa 1866-1867], inclusive
NYC—Bridges—Brooklyn—Construction [20 cards], [1869-1883], inclusive
NYC—Bridges—Brooklyn—General [16 cards], [1883-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Bridges—Brooklyn—Scenes on [7 cards], [1883-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Bridges—Brooklyn—Views from [5 cards], [1883-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Bridges—Harlem River crossings [2 cards], [circa 1900?], inclusive
NYC—Bridges—High Bridge [11 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Bridges—Washington [2 cards], [1888-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Harbor—Battery & Castle Garden (Castle Clinton) [11 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Harbor—Castle Williams [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Harbor—Ferries [13 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Harbor—Piers & docks [5 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Harbor—Shipping scenes [16 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Harbor—Ships—Foreign [6 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Harbor—Ships—Sailing [10 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Harbor—Ships—Steam [27 cards in 2 folders], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Rivers—East River [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Rivers—Harlem River & Ship Canal [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
NYC—Rivers—Hudson (North) River [4 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Sub-series I.B. New York City—Manhattan
Manhattan—Alms House Commissioners Office [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Apartment houses—Dakota [1 card], [1884-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Banks [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Scope and Contents
Bank for Saving (Bleecker near Broadway); German Savings Bank (14th Street corner Fourth Avenue); Park Bank Building.
Manhattan—Bible House [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Churches & Synagogues—Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church [1 card], [1850s-1895], inclusive
Manhattan—Churches & Synagogues—Church of the Covenant [1 card], [1865-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Churches & Synagogues—Church of the Holy Trinity [1 card], [1850s-1873], inclusive
Manhattan—Churches & Synagogues—Congregation Emanu-El [3 cards], [1868-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Churches & Synagogues—Grace Church [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Churches & Synagogues—St. George's Church [2 cards], [1865-1889], inclusive
Manhattan—Churches & Synagogues—St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Churches & Synagogues—Trinity Church [8 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Churches & Synagogues—Unidentified [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—City Hall [4 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Clinton Hall (a.k.a. Astor Opera House) [2 cards], [1850s-1890], inclusive
Manhattan—Commodities exchanges [4 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Scope and Contents
Corn Exchange; Produce Exchange.
Manhattan—Courthouses [3 cards], [circa 1862-1900], inclusive
Scope and Contents
Jefferson Market Courthouse; Tweed Courthouse.
Manhattan—Department stores—A. T. Stewart [8 cards], [1862-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Drug stores—Hembold's [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Ethnic groups [2 cards], 1900, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Hebrew Quarter; Italian Quarter.
Manhattan—Field Building / Washington Building [2 cards], [circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Five Points House of Industry [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Hall of Records [8 cards], [1850s-circa 1873], inclusive
Manhattan—Hospitals [4 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Scope and Contents
Bellevue Hospital; Lenox Hospital.
Manhattan—Hotels [19 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Scope and Contents
Albermarle House; Astor House; Harry Bertholf's Hotel on Harlem Lane; Hotel Brunswick; Fifth Avenue Hotel; Grand Hotel; Grand Central Hotel (later Broadway Central Hotel); Lafarge House; St. Nicholas Hotel; Windsor Hotel.
Manhattan—Markets [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Scope and Contents
Fulton Market; Manhattan Market.
Manhattan—Masonic Temple [2 cards], [1875-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Metropolitan Sanitary Fair [1 card], 1864, inclusive
Manhattan—Museums—Barnum's [1 card], 1868, inclusive
Manhattan—Newspaper buildings [14 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Scope and Contents
Evening Post; Herald (Park Row and Herald Square); Staats Zeitung; Tribune; World.
Manhattan—Panoramic views [22 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parades—General [4 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parades—Naval [3 cards], 1898, inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Bowling Green [4 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Bryant Park (Reservoir Square) [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Arbors [2 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Arsenal [4 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Bridges [10 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Cave & Ice Spring [4 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Events & sports [3 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Fountains [3 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Goat Carts [1 card], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Horses [1 card], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Ice Skating [2 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Lake / Pond [7 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Mall [3 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Menagerie [1 card], [1864-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Mt. St. Vincent [1 card], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Obelisk [2 cards], 188-1896, inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Ramble [2 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Roads [2 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Statuary [2 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Structures [2 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Central Park—Swings [2 cards], [1857-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Chatham Square [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—City Hall Park [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Madison Square [1 card], 1900, inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Printing House Square [5 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Parks & Squares—Union Square [10 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Post Office (City Hall Park) [11 cards], [circa 1880-1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Railroads—Depots—General [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Scope and Contents
Harlem River Railroad; unidentified.
Manhattan—Railroads—Depots—Grand Central (1871) [7 cards], [1871-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Railroads—Elevated [30 cards in 2 folders], [circa 1870s-1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Residences—A. T. Stewart [3 cards], [1869-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Residences—Vanderbilt Mansion [2 cards], [1882-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Residences—Interiors [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Restaurants—Delmonico's [1 card], [1862-1876], inclusive
Manhattan—Schools & colleges—Cooper Institute / Cooper Union [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Schools & colleges—Free Academy [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Schools & colleges—National Academy of Design [4 cards], [1865-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Schools & colleges—New York University [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Stock Exchange [2 cards], [circa 1865-1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Street life [10 cards], [circa 1900], inclusive
Scope and Contents
"Peddling ties on the Bowery"; "A New York Street Organ"; "Scene in New York"; "Scene in N.Y. Slums"; "Boot Blacks"; "Try Your Weight."
Manhattan—Streets—14th [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—55th [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Battery Place [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Bowery [9 cards], [circa 1870s-1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Pine [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Fulton [7 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Murray [5 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Chambers [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Pearl [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Canal [5 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Grand [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Broome [8 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Prince [5 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Houston [5 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ 8th Street [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ Union Square [2 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ 23rd Street & Fifth Avenue [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway @ 33rd Street [1 card], [1870s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway—"on a rainy day" [6 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway—"burst of sunlight after a shower" [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Broadway—General [28 cards in 3 folders], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Five Points [6 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—New Bowery & Roosevelt [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Park Place [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Park Row [6 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—South [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—Wall [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets—West [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Streets, Avenues—Fifth [4 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Tammany Hall / Tammany Hotel [5 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Theaters—Academy of Music [3 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Theaters—Bryant's Opera House [1 card], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Theaters—Central Park Garden [2 cards], [1868-circa 1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Theaters—Gilmore's Garden (Madison Square Garden) [1 card], [circa 1876], inclusive
Manhattan—Theaters—Niblo's [3 cards], [1850s-1895], inclusive
Manhattan—Theaters—Olympic [1 card], [1850s-1881], inclusive
Manhattan—Theaters—Wallack's [3 cards], [circa 1861-1900], inclusive
Manhattan—Tombs (prison), old [12 cards], [1850s-circa 1900], inclusive
Sub-series I.C. New York City—Brooklyn & Staten Island
Brooklyn—Brooklyn Navy Yard [3 cards], [1860s-circa 1900], inclusive
Brooklyn—Churches [4 cards], [1850s-circa 1880], inclusive
Scope and Contents
Elm Place Congregational Church; Plymouth Church.