20 Amazing Vintage Photos of Carts and Wagons on the Streets of New York City

A collection of 20 amazing vintage photos of carts and wagons on the streets of New York City from the late 19th century to early 20th century.

The Mulberry Bend, ca 1890.

Hester Street crowded with women shopping and push-cart peddlers, 1898.

Pedestrians and push-carts on Mulberry Street, 1898.

Hester Street crowded with women shopping and push-cart peddlers, most selling fish, 1898.

Broadway and Canal Street with traffic, 1898.

Pedestrians, street car, horse cart, el, Saks and Macy's on Herald Square, ca. 1906.

View of Maiden Lane. A woman stands talking to a police officer in the foreground. Horses and delivery wagons are on the street, 1891.

A police officer handing something to a horse-cart driver hauling snow, 1899.

Men standing on carts, carriages and barrels on the Harlem River Bridge overlooking Manhattan Field, during a football game, 1895.

A man having a drink at a drink vendor's cart on Hester Street, 1898.

Brooklyn Bridge from above near the Manhattan entrance, with street cars and horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians visible, 1898.

Pedestrians and push-carts on Mulberry Street, 1898.

Park Row near Broadway; Sun and Journal buildings visible, ca. 1896.

Mr. R.H. Halstead and friends riding and driving in Central Park, ca. 1900.

Workers carting snow on a street near Madison Square, 1898.

Parade, Street Cleaners, Fifth Ave. & 42nd St., 1896.

Central Park, 1906.

Workers carting snow on a New York street, ca. 1898.

Women shopping, looking through clothes stacked on the ground on Hester Street, 1898.

Children driving a goat-pulled carriage at Coney Island, 1896.

(Photos via Museum of the City of New York)