A rare photograph of Greeley Square in 1893, when there wasn't an automobile in sight and Chimmie Fadden "was attracting crowds to the Standard Theater.

Greeley Square (New York, N.Y.)--19th century.

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

Nineteenth-century photograph of Greeley Square.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

Fifty Years of New York Steam Service (New York: New York Steam Corporation, 1932), n.p.

1893

Unknown

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Prints

West 34th Street

Gimbels Brothers Building - New York.

Gimbel Brothers.

Department stores--New York (State)--New York.

Color postcard of Gimbel Brothers Department store on 33rd Street and Broadway and the present location of the Manhattan Mall. The image also features street railroads, horse drawn carriages and cars.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

Souvenir Post Card Co.

ca. 1911

Unknown

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Postcards

Broadway and 33rd Street

[Untitled]

Hotel McAlpin (New York, N.Y.)

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

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

The Hotel McAlpin on the corner of Broadway and 34th Street. The street scene includes automobiles, buses, pedestrian traffic and on the lower right hand corner a glimpse of the Broadway El.

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

New York Illustrated (New York: Manhattan Card Publishing Co., 1930), n.p.

1930

Manhattan Card Publishing Co.

Copyright Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Prints

Broadway and 34th Street