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These historical pictures show streets, landmarks, stores, cityscapes everyday life of New Yorkers in the 1930s. It was a difficult era for the New York City and America, as the city was struggling with the Great Depression.
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Media in category "1930s architecture in New York City" The following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total. 1381 Madison Avenue.jpg 3,407 × 3,248; 2.54 MB
Dec 28, 2018 · In the late 1930s and early 1940s, New York City sent photographers to every building in every borough in an attempt to make property tax assessments fairer and more accurate. The result was...
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Several hundred prints and photographs offering the complete content of a wide range of selected image collections and illustrated monographs: Hudson River mansions, including Washington Irving's home and vicinity in the 1860s; street views by Alice Austen from 1896; a panorama of Fifth Avenue from 1911, and more.
It was natural for the founding libraries and benefactors of NYPL to collect local and regional pictorial publications, a fact that explains the strength of 19th- and early 20th-century books picturing New York City and vicinity in the Library's holdings. In addition, Library staff actively sought to supplement books with original archival material...
Butler, Joseph T. Washington Irving's Sunnyside(c1974). Gray, Christopher, ed. Fifth Avenue, 1911, from start to finish in historic block-by-block photographs (c1994). Hanson, David A. "A.A. Turner, American photolithographer" History of photography10 (July/Sept 1986): 193-211 Lynch, Virginia. Washington Irving footprints (1922). Novotny, Ann. Alic...
Mar 1, 2020 · Amazing Footage from 1929-30 of Construction Workers on the Historic Chrysler Building. New York City’s Chrysler Building, one of the city’s most iconic skyscrapers, was built in a remarkably short time. Foundation work began in November 1928, and the building officially opened in May 1930.
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Aug 23, 2016 · Visitors to New York in the 1930s would watch the Yankees take on rivals in what was the largest baseball stadium in the United States. Located at River Avenue and 161 st Street in the Bronx, it was built in 1922 for $3 million and had a seating capacity between 60,000 and 70,000.
Jun 18, 2024 · Rising from the Ground: An Icon Emerges. Despite economic constraints, Manhattan saw the rise of an icon – the Empire State Building. Completed in 1931, it stood tall as the world’s tallest building, symbolizing hope and the belief that even in the harshest of times, Manhattan could reach the skies.
