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Printing-house Square. New York

Description: Image of a street-level view of Printing House Square in New York City; business buildings for the New York Times, the Tribune, and other printers and publishers surround a bustling city street intersection; pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, a military band and ranks of soldiers on parade fill the square.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1866
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_004415
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Merchants' Exchange, New York

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Image of an eye-level street view of the columned, domed Merchant's Exchange building in New York City, designed by architect Isaiah Rogers, showing a bustling street scene with horse-drawn vehicles in the street and people walking around the building; the building's facade is topped by a relief frieze and statue with the engraving "Erected MDCCCXXXVIII."

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Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato Minnesota December 26, 1862

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Image of the execution of 38 Sioux Native American Indians as part of the Dakota War of 1862 (also known as the Sioux Uprising); ranks of United States soldiers on foot and on horseback surround a large square gallows platform with the Sioux to be executed standing with nooses around their necks and their arms bound; empty horse-drawn wagons labeled "U.S." stand at the ready at left; civilian onlookers crowd behind the soldiers' ranks to watch the hanging; town buildings of Mankato, Minnesota, visible in background.

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Washington's grand entry into New York. Nov. 25th, 1783

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Image of George Washington entering New York, New York, on November 25, 1783 (British forces evacuated New York City that day following the American Revolutionary War); Washington and his soldiers enter the city on horseback with crowds of people smiling and greeting them on the street as they pass, including men, women, young children, Native American Indians, African Americans, and even a dog; people lean out of windows and balconies above street level to wave hats and flags at the soldiers as they march by.

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Washington's grand entry into New York. Nov. 25th, 1783

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Broadway New York. : South from the park

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Image of an eye-level street view of Broadway road in New York City showing the American Museum on the right and mid-rise buildings, with some storefront signage, lining the street into the distance, and a busy street scene with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages.

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The New York elevated railroad : connecting with all the principal steam rail ways and steam ferries

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Image of a poster advertising the New York Elevated Railroad with a central image of an elevated view of a busy street scene in New York City showing a street corner lined with commercial buildings, pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, and elevated sidewalks, tracks, and railroad cars.

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Printing-house Square. New York

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