In the 19th century New York City became America's largest city as well as a fascinating metropolis. Characters such as Washington Irving, Phineas T. Barnum, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and John Jacob Astor made their names in New York City. And despite blights on the city, such as the Five Points slum or the notorious 1863 Draft Riots, the city grew and prospered. These amazing vintage photographs show what New York looked like in the late 19th century...
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| 42nd Street, 1890 |
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| 5th Avenue and 14th Street, 1890 |
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| Central Park Ice Skating, 1890 |
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| Park Avenue South, 1890 |
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| Central Park West, 1890 |
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| The Dakota at Central Park West, 1890 |
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| Gansevoort Market Meatpacking District, 1890 |
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| New York Stock Exchange, 1890 |
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| Laying cable line for trolleys in Union Square, 1891 |
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| Broadway and Union Square, 1892 |
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| Grand Central, 1893 |
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| Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, 1894 |
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| The Puck Building, 1895 |
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| First Electric Taxis, 1896 |
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| Newsies, 1896 |
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| Brooklyn Bridge, 1896 |
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| Brooklyn Bridge Subway Tracks, 1897 |
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| 5th Avenue and 59th Street, 1897 |
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| Newspaper Row, 1897 |
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| Bowling Green Park, 1898 |
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| Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, 1899 |
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| Police Parade, Bowler Hats, Hardly Any Women, 1899 |
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| South Street Ferry Building, 1899 |
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| Tiffany's, Union Square, 1899 |
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| High Bridge (The Aqueduct Bridge), 1899 |
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| Waldorf Astoria Original Site at 5th Ave and 35th Street, 1899 |
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| Little Italy, 1899 |
The picture labeled as "Broadway and Union Square, 1892" is actually Wall Street and Broad Street, probably the same year.
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