Elevated Railroad, 2nd Avenue and 34th Street.

Railroads, Elevated--New York (State)--New York.

Carriages and carts--New York (State)--New York--19th century.

Transportation--New York (State)--New York.

Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Second Avenue (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Opened in 1880, the 2nd Avenue elevated ("El") train had a stop at 34th Street. There are people walking on the sidewalks and crossing between the train lines. Carts are parked along the curbs and under the elevated tracks.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Indelible Photographs (New York: A. Wittemann, c. 1891)

1891

Copyright 1891 by A. Witteman

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Photographs

Intersection of 34th Street and Second Avenue

Herald Building and Herald Square.

Herald Square (New York, N.Y.)

Herald Building (New York, N.Y.)--1900-1910.

New York herald tribune.

Automobiles--New York (State)--New York.

Railroads, Elevated--New York (State)--New York.

Print of the Herald Building and Herald Square which includes pedestrians, automobiles, street cars and the elevated train. The image provides a good view of the architecture of architectural elements including decorative and sculptural features.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

Unknown

1910

Irving Underhill

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Photographs

Herald Square

Broadway at Night Looking North from Thirty-fourth Street.

Herald Square (New York, N.Y.)

Jefferys, Charles W. (Charles William), 1869-1951.

Theaters--New York (State)--New York.

Broadway Tabernacle (New York, N.Y.)

Railroads, Elevated--New York (State)--New York.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

This is a vibrant reproduction of a color print by Canadian-born artist Charles William Jefferys (1869-1951) who once worked at the New York Herald. The Broadway Tabernacle Church, the 6th Avenue elevated train, the Herald Building and several theatres, including Koster & Bial's, are depicted. The streets are teaming with cable cars, horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.

E. Idell Zeisloft, ed., The New Metropolis (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1899), 492.

ca. 1899

C. W. Jeffreys

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Prints

Broadway and 34th Street