One more look into the fascinating New York Municipal Archives, and their recently-released database of over 870,000 photos throughout the 20th century, a follow-up to this earlier entry. Their subjects include daily life, construction, crime, city business, aerial photographs, and more. Today's selection from this remarkable collection includes numerous street scenes that are visible today through Google Maps Street Views, and links are provided to let you see the difference the years have made.
Lower Manhattan skyline at night, seen beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn end in February of 1938. See this scene today in this Google Mapstreet view. (E. M. Bofinger/Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
A blacksmith shoes a horse in the doorway of a smith shop at 33 Cornelia Street, in Greenwich Village, with two little girls looking on, in 1937. See this same storefront today in this Google Map street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Carnegie Hall, seen from 7th Avenue and 57th Street, ca. 1935-1941. Street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Brooklyn Central Library, main terrace and entrance, on Grand Army Plaza, on September 6, 1939. Street view.(Joseph Shelderfer/Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Fifth Avenue. looking north from 110th Street showing a movie theater, billboards, and gas station, on October 6, 1929. Street view.(Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
A massive "W" in the Kent Avenue yard of the Williamsburg Bridge. The 20-foot "W", part of a giant "WSS", was placed on a tower on March 20, 1918. WSS stands for "War Savings Stamps." Letters were erected on the south side of the Manhattan tower during World War I. (Eugene de Salignac/Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Varick Street Looking north from Franklin Street, before the cobblestone was paved, on May 10, 1914. Street view.(Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
The "Granite State", sunk and listing, after burning at her pier in the Hudson River on May 23, 1921. The Granite State was formerly the USS New Hampshire, built in 1825, launched in 1864, and served as part of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in the Civil War.(Eugene de Salignac/Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Part of a stitched-together panorama, composed of 9 photos taken of the East side of the wide West Street, from Rector Street to Morris St, in the 1940s. Be sure to view the full-size 5424-pixel-wide version. The odd overlaps in the stitching are due to the changes in perspective as the photographer moved down the street to take each shot. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
74th - 78th Street Cable Car tracks, looking southwest from 1460 2nd Avenue, on March 27, 1931. Street view.(Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Nassau Street, looking south from Fulton Street, on March 3, 1926. Street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Avenue C, looking north from 6th Street. Shops, dentists' and oculist's signs on display, on November 6, 1926. Street view.(Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
View of the Cathedral Of Saint John the Divine and other buildings in the "close", ca. 1935-1941. Street view.(Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Tall-masted ships beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, in 1903. Street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Park Avenue, looking northwest from 47th Street, in 1921. Street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
34th Street Looking east from Third Avenue, beneath the curved El station, on May 16, 1931. Present day street view.(Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Roller coaster and Boardwalk, Coney Island. View up West 10th Street, looking from the Boardwalk to Surf Avenue, on December 19, 1922. The old ride is gone, but a new one stands in its place, visible in this street view.(Edward E. Rutter/Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Load station entrance for the New York Times, 225 West 43rd Street, with newspaper delivery chutes visible inside, and lighted windows of editorial rooms 3rd floor, on December 11, 1937. Street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Seventh Avenue, looking north from 33rd Street. Street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Twelfth Avenue Looking south from 134th Street, under viaduct, on October 6, 1929. Present day street view.(Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
116th Street, looking west from east of Third Avenue. "Ride On the Open Air Elevated", written on the side of the El station, as a trolley approaches, on October 8, 1925. Present day street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
Park Avenue Looking north from West roadway of 34th Street, on July 17, 1923. Street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
The shadow of the photographer and camera appear on Jamaica Avenue East, Queens, between Hollis Court Boulevard and 212th Street, on October 26, 1928. Present day street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)
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