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The History Box
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Images of the Past
New York City History #10 |
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Picture #55 |
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| Panic Swept Wall
Street in May, 1884. The Marine
National Bank closed its doors on
the 7th, and people learned with
astonishment that the failure had
resulted from heavy overdrafts by
the firm of Grant and Ward. |
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Credit: Adventures of America
1857-1900: A Pictorial Record From
Harper's Weekly by John A Kouwenhoven; Harper & Brothers
Publishers (1938) |
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Picture #56 |
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| This picture
shows the accumulation of garbage,
rubbish, and filth which was
permitted to clutter the streets
of New York's overcrowded fourth
ward. |
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| Picture
Credit: Adventures of America
1857-1900: A Pictorial Record From
Harper's Weekly by John A Kouwenhoven; Harper & Brothers
Publishers (1938) |
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Picture # 57 |
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| The Brooklyn
Bridge, designed and built by the
Roeblings, was not only one of the
greatest engineering achievements
of the time, but an artistic
triumph as well. |
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| Picture
Credit: Adventures of America
1857-1900: A Pictorial Record From
Harper's Weekly by John A Kouwenhoven; Harper & Brothers
Publishers (1938) |
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Picture # 58 |
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The Metropolitan
Hotel at Prince Street |
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| Picture Credit: The
Greatest Street In The World
The Story of Broadway, Old and
New, from the Bowling Green to
Albany by Stephen Jenkins, G.P.
Putnam's Sons-New York (1911) |
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Picture #59 |
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Wallack's (Star)
Theater, View From Fourth Avenue |
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| Picture Credit: The
Greatest Street In The World
The Story of Broadway, Old and
New, from the Bowling Green to
Albany by Stephen Jenkins, G.P.
Putnam's Sons-New York (1911) |
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Picture #60 |
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Fifth Avenue
Hotel at Twenty-third Street |
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| Picture Credit: The
Greatest Street In The World
The Story of Broadway, Old and
New, from the Bowling Green to
Albany by Stephen Jenkins, G.P.
Putnam's Sons-New York (1911) |
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