The Casino Theatre and Abbey's Theatre.

Casino Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

Abbey's Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

Knickerbocker Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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

City and town life--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

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

Seymour B. Durst Old York Library.

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

Fifty Photographic Views of New York City (Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1897), 29.

1895

Copyright 1895, by Rand, McNally & Co.

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

Drawings

West 38th to 39th Streets

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

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

Prints

Broadway and 34th Street

Casino Roof Garden, Alice Atherton on the Stage.

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

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

This is an overhead photograph of a roof-top entertainment taken from the back of a full audience. There are arched lighting fixtures and performers on the stage. The tower and "hut" which seem to form the back wall of the stage area are architectural features of the building itself rather than set design. Alice Atherton (1854-1899) was a popular stage actress.

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), 357.

ca. 1899

Unknown

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

Photographs

Broadway at West 39th Street