New York City

20237.

2977. The Speedway, Part of a Beautiful Boulevard Along the Harlem and Hudson Rivers near New York City. “Recognizing the long-standing popularity of horse racing among New Yorkers, the city built a ‘Harlem River Speedway’ along the west bank of the Harlem River in Manhattan,” writes NYCroads.com. “The 95-foot-wide dirt roadway stretched two and one-half miles from West 155th Street north to West 208th Street. Presaging the automobile parkways of the 20th century, the speedway was flanked by trees and pedestrian walkways. When it was not being used as a racetrack, the Harlem River Speedway was used as an exercise track.” Built in 1898, it was opened to automobiles in 1919 and paved a few years later. By the 1940s, it was closed off and incorporated into the Robert Moses-backed Harlem River Drive.

20238.

174. Det Norske Hospital, 4th Ave., Bklyn. In 1883 the Norwegian Hospital was founded by Sister Elizabeth Fedde. It grew and moved several times and is now serving a large part of Brooklyn in seven different languages as the NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.

20239.

184. Nye Norske Kirke, Port Richmond, S.I.

20240.

71. Reception of War News in New York.

20241.

Prince’s Bay Station, Staten Island Railway.

20242.

V26109. Immigrants Just Arrived Awaiting Examination, Ellis Island, New York.

20243.

29443. Street Peddler’s Carts on Elizabeth Street, New York.

20244.

6188. The “East Side,” New York.

20245.

11722. Life on the Lower East Side, cor. Pitt and Rivington Streets, North, NY.

20246.

V26428. Children at the Christmas Tree, Ellis Island, New York Harbor.

20247.

16752. The Gateway of America-Immigrants Landing from Barge at Ellis Island, NY.

20248.

V23429. Admitted Immigrants Leaving Ellis Island for the City Ferryboat, New York.

20249.

26295. The Great City Checkerboard and Central Park as they appear from an Airplane, New York City.

20250.

11164. U.S. Inspectors examining eyes of Immigrants, Ellis Island, New York Harbor.

20251.

5288. Immigrants just arrived, awaiting examination, Ellis Island, New York Harbor.

20252.

5313. Street Peddlers’ carts on Elizabeth Street-looking North from Hester Street, New York City.

20253.

11163. Where millions enter America, Immigrant Station, Ellis Island, New York.

20254.

12768. Cottonseed Oil traders at the New York Produce Exchange.

20255.

Along the Noted Bowery, New York.

20256.

11225. Electric locomotive and train with overhead cables, N.Y.N.H. & H.R.R. New York.

20257.

Elevated Railroad, South Ferry, New York.

20258.

Looking N.E. over the curve of the Manhattan Elevated Railway at 110th St. (60 ft. high), New York.

20259.

New York’s greatest shopping district and elevated railway – Sixth Avenue from 18th St.

20260.

Looking along the Bridge from Brooklyn to New York.

20261.

Herald Square, junction of Broadway and Sixth Avenue, north, showing Herald Building and Elevated Railway, N.Y. City.

20262.

14058. The beautiful Hall of Fame, N.Y. University, New York. The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is an outdoor sculpture gallery located on the grounds of Bronx Community College in the Bronx, New York City. It is the first such hall of fame in the United States. Completed in 1900 as part of the University Heights campus of New York University, the 630-foot stone colonnade half-encircles the university library and houses 98 bronze portrait busts of a number of prominent Americans. Designed by architect Stanford White (who also designed the library), the Beaux Arts structure was donated by Helen Gould, and was formally dedicated on May 30, 1901. New York University (under severe financial distress) was forced to sell the campus in 1973 to the City University of New York and it became Bronx Community College. Though the Hall’s renown has itself faded, its architecture remains, and it stands as a secular national shrine not just to great men (and some women), but to Roman ideals of fame favored at the beginning of the 20th century.

20263.

Cheering Governor Roosevelt, Dewey Celebration, New York.

20264.

President Harrison Laying the Cornerstone of the Grant Monument.

20265.

President Harrison’s Carriage, N.Y. Centennial. This is the Centennial of Washington’s inauguration.

20266.

5323. Honored resting place of Gen. Grant, outlook N. up Hudson River, New York.

20267.

12397. Weighing and counting hides from South America, on wharf, New York.

20268.

10730. In the cozy library of Andrew Carnegie’s own home, Fifth Ave., New York.

20269.

On West Street, looking North-skirting the North River ferry landings, New York City. (D)

20270.

Broadway, the Busy Thoroughfare of America, New York.

20271.

Elevated Railroad (Highest Point), New York.

20272.

483a. Ice Cream.

20273.

463a. Peddling Ties on the Bowery, NY.

20274.

482a. Scene in NY Slums.

20275.

465a. Candy-man.

20276.

289. Catching Gold Fish in Union Square Fountain, N.Y.

20277.

Battery Park-extreme southern part of Manhattan Island-Elevated Railway and NY Bay.

20278.

2499. Cable Road, Brooklyn Bridge.

20279.

The Jewish Tabernacle, New York City.

20280.

42. Washington Arch and Judson Memorial Tower, Washington Square, New York.

20281.

3607. Monument, Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

20282.

4408. Nassau Street, New York.

20283.

1030. West Street, New York.

20284.

The Steeplechase at Rockaway Beach, NY.

20285.

15900. Traffic along the River front, New York.

20286.

4180. Broadway and Grace Church, NY.