The Manger by Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934).
Image Credit: The Manger by Gertrude Kasebier 1900, picture courtesy of the Library Of Congress at Washington D.C.The Manger
Image Credit: The Manger by Gertrude Kasebier 1900, picture courtesy of the Library Of Congress at Washington D.C.
Tillamook Rock and lighthouse 1891
Tillamook Rock and lighthouse taken by S. B. Crow, Oregon, 1891.The lighthouse was built in 1881 and soon nicknamed "Terrible Tilly" after the harsh Pacific storms it endured. Storms continually damaged the structure, leading it to become the most expensive U.S. lighthouse to operate. The lighthouse was finally shut down in 1957 and replaced with a whistle buoy.
Railroad And Country
Image Credit: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)A Railroad and country scene evoking the old west, taken sometime between 1910 and 1935.
The New East River bridge.
The new East River bridge (Williamsburg Bridge) from Brooklyn, taken sometime between 1900-03 by the Detroit Publishing Co.Monitor and Merrimack
The Battle of Hampton Roads, illustrated by Prang and Co. showing the engagement of the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (formally Merrimack). The principal confrontations took place on March 8 and 9, 1862.
The Monitor and Merrimac
The Monitor and MerrimacMore Information.
The leveling of the hills
Photograph showing the scale of the leveling of ground in Seattle during construction works around Denny Hill at the start of the twentieth century. The project cleared and levelled an area of around 27 city blocks and used 20,000,000 US gallons of water per day to blast away the hillside.
The leveling of the hills (Denny Hill) to make Seattle by Asahel Curtis 1910.More Information.
More Buildings Of Old New York.
A further selection of buildings from old New York, mostly taken between 1900 and 1920.
Exterior of state capitol building, Albany, New York 1913 by Irving Underhill. The Capitol building was constructed between 1867 and 1899, Completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million, it was the most expensive government building of its time.
Bowling Green Offices 1919 by Irving Underhill.
Best and Co. Building, 5th Avenue, 1917 by Irving Underhill.
Exchange Court Building, 52 Broadway Corner, 1920 by Irving Underhill.
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Building, 51 Chambers Street, 1912 by Irving Underhill.
New York Stock Exchange and Wilks Building, 1921 by Irving Underhill.
New York City - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1905.
Fireman's Insurance Co. Building, Broad & Market Streets, Newark, N.J. by Irving Underhill.
Pulitzer Building, New York City 1909.
Lewisohn Building., 119 West 40 Street, 1918.
American Exchange National Bank 1913.
Park Row Building, 21 Park Row 1912 by Irving Underhill.
Manhattan Storage Warehouse, 7th Avenue & 52nd Street, 1914.
The Little Theater, 238 West 44th Street 1913More Information.
All the photographs in this collection are courtesy of the Library Of Congress At Washington D.C.
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