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35-49 Irving Place
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The Origins of Window Shopping in New York City
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The time-honored tradition of window shopping truly comes alive during the holiday season, when retailers pull out all of the stops to make their window displays ever more eye-catching, festive and uplifting. Countless visitors and New Yorkers alike participate in this yearly ritual, which has its roots in the Gilded Age. That era of rapid economic growth and industrialization, which began in the 1870s and lasted until around 1900, generated the building technology that made window shopping in the city possible.
Interior Life: Mansions in the Metropolis
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Here at Urban Archive, we often focus our stories on the city streets and the public-facing architecture of the city. However, being stuck inside our apartments has given us a new appreciation for interiors so we thought we'd take a look at a diverse array of New York's interiors over the years. This particular story dives inside the homes and lives of New York's elite at the turn of the century and what their interiors meant to them.
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122 East 17th Street
Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. A bedroom in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street
Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. A sitting room in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street
Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. A sitting room in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street
Dining Room in the Home of Elsie de Wolfe & Elisabeth Marbury, 1896. The dining room of a home on East 17th St., occupied by Elsie de Wolfe, an interior decorator.
122 East 17th Street
\[Elsie de Wolfe, 1896.]
122 East 17th Street
Interiors-Bedroom 1898 Elsie de Wolfe 122 East 17th St. The bedroom of Elsie de Wolfe, including a daybed, a relatively small chaise lounge, a bureau, and floral wallpaper.
122 East 17th Street
Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. The entrance stair in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street
Interiors: Dining Room 1898 Elsie de Wolfe - Irving Pl. & 17th St. The dining room in Elsie de Wolfe's residence after it was remodeled.
122 East 17th Street
Home of Elsie de Wolfe 1898 and Elisabeth Marbury. The bedroom of Elisabeth Marbury, friend/roommate of Elsie de Wolfe; floral wallpaper and drapery, bed, chaise lounge, Oriental rug, framed reproductions, roll top desk. A tapestry depicitng Christ on the cross is above Ms. Marbury's bed.
122 East 17th Street
Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. A living room in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street
Interiors, Elsie de Wolfe, Library. A library in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (Irving Place & 17th Street).
122 East 17th Street
Washington Irving House, Irving Place and East 17th Street, New York City, 1900. Built 1845; home of Elsie de Wolfe and Elizabeth Marbury, 1894-1911.
49 Irving Place
Manhattan: Irving Place - 17th Street Irving Place, at and adjoining S.W. corner of 17th Street, showing 49 Irving Place, the corner house which is supposed to have been at one time the home of Washington Irving, and is accordingly known as the Washington Irving house. The little railing around the roof of the house is not seen in photographs as early as 1909. Adjoining 47 Irving Place may be seen part of the north wall of the Westminster Hotel, which will be demolished in 1909. About 1900. 0ift of W. M. Van Der Weyde. 1N~ NW 2NE4 Ny. 77 822 (2) The same, a generation later. The Borgfeldt Building, shown in part at the left, was erected in 1909 on the site of the Westminster Hotel. August 30, 1927. P. L. Sperr.
122 East 17th Street
George Borgfeldt Company
Borgfeld & Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with shelves full of figurines, lamps and vases visible.
George Borgfeldt Company
Borgfeld Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. offices.
George Borgfeldt Company
Borgfeld & Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with shelves full of figurines, lamps, vases and china visible--elaborate fountain in center.
George Borgfeldt Company
Borgfeld Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. offices; people milling about, elevators and large horse statue visible; large model of a brush on the wall as advertisement for the Imperior Brush Factory in Japan.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt and Co., Importers, 50 W., 4th St. 1902.
George Borgfeldt Company
\[Borgfeld Co.] Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with rows of shelves full of goods, including brushes, mirrors, sponges, figurines and atomizers.
George Borgfeldt Company
Building, George Borgfeldt Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with of shelves full of goods, including brushes, mirrors, sponges, figurines and atomizers.
George Borgfeldt Company
Borgfeld Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. offices.
George Borgfeldt Company
Borgfeld Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. offices; people milling about, elevators and large horse statue visible; large model of a brush on the wall as advertisement for the Imperior Brush Factory in Japan.
George Borgfeldt Company
Borgfeld Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with of shelves full of goods, including brushes, mirrors, sponges, figurines and atomizers.
George Borgfeldt Company
Borgfeld Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. offices; people milling about, elevators and large horse statue visible; large model of a brush on the wall as advertisement for the Imperior Brush Factory in Japan.
George Borgfeldt Company
Borgfeldt Interior of a display of sculptures made from Carrara marble at the George Borgfeldt & Co. store.
George Borgfeldt Company
Building, George Borgfeldt Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with shelves and tables full of bric-a-brac, including clocks, frames, lamps and figurines visible.
George Borgfeldt Company
Building, George Borgfeldt Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with shelves full of kitchen supplies, including scales, mixers, graters, funnels, etc.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with tables and pedestals display marble sculptures, clocks, lamops, figurines, framed prints etc.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with tables and pedestals display marble sculptures, clocks, lamops, figurines, framed prints etc.
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Westminster Hotel, Irving Place and West 18th Street, New York City, 1909.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeld and Co., Importers, 119 E 16th St.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store; row after row of shelves holding dolls.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with row after row of shelves filled with porcelain and pottery, including cups & saucers, vases and tableware.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with rows of tables covered with lamps and light fixtures.
George Borgfeldt Company
Building, George Borgfeldt Co. Photograph of a watercolor architectural rendering of the George Borgfeldt Building at Irving Place and East 16th Street; signed "James Reily Gordon, Architect."
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. office pool; male office workers busy doing paper work at desks.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. office pool; male office workers busy doing paper work at desks.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with rows of shelves filled with porcelain and pottery, including cups & saucers, vases and tableware.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with tables cluttered with bric-a-brac, including pottery, vases, china, etc.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store; rows of tables displaying rubber combs.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with rows of tables covered with lamps and light fixtures.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store; row after row of shelves holding stuffed animals.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. conference room, with table and chairs, chandelier, portraits and telephone visible.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Photographs, Prints & Drawings
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store; tables displaying urns, lamps, pottery and other art objects.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store; row after row of tables covered with framed prints, lamps and clocks.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with rows of shelves filled with wicker and rattan baskets and furniture.
George Borgfeldt Company
Geo. Borgfeldt Co., New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with tables cluttered with bric-a-brac, including pottery, vases, lamps, figurines, bird-baths, urns, etc.
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