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"Minnie's Land" image

"Minnie's Land"

115 Broadway image

115 Broadway

Lithograph print of the Old Reynold's Beer House located on Thames Street. The tavern is a three-story building located on the corner of an intersection. Buildings of different heights stand on either side of the tavern. Several men are walking in the street, one is pulling a horse-drawn cart.
160 Water Street image

160 Water Street

Lithograph print entitled "W. and G. Post’s Point Store" for D.T. Valentine’s Manual, 1857. Street scene.
17 State Street image

17 State Street

Color print of an empty Pearl Street. Buildings of various sizes line the sidewalk, some have store fronts while others are only residential.
181st Street and Broadway image

181st Street and Broadway

Lithograph print of the old Blue Bell Tavern, a two-story building with a small house next door. A man is standing in the entryway of the tavern. A woman is walking along the road in front of the buildings. Trees stand behind the tavern.
330 Pearl Street image

330 Pearl Street

Color print of a street scene on Pearl Street. Buildings of various heights line the street with store fronts. On one building the sign "Whitney & Hoyt" is on its side and an awning is hanging out front. A man is looking into one of the shop windows while a couple is walking in front of the buildings. A man is tending to a horse attached to a cart in the foreground.
34 East 12th Street image

34 East 12th Street

Grammar School 47 on East 12th Street
362 Broadway image

362 Broadway

Street scene depicting a row of three-story houses. Several people are walking on the street in front of the buildings. A man on a horse and a man in an open carriage being pulled by a horse are passing each other in the street.
57 St. Marks Place image

57 St. Marks Place

Lithograph print of the R.W. Stuyvesant residence. A three-story home with two chimneys, tiled roof, and multiple columns is surrounded by a large green garden and many tall trees. A man and a child are walking up a pathway lined with shrubs towards the residence.
63 Wall Street image

63 Wall Street

Depicts Exchange Place around Hanover Street, several men in foreground, chatting on corner and walking down street, two women are strolling in background, a cart pulled by a single horse is on the street, buildings line the streets in all directions
655 Fifth Avenue  image

655 Fifth Avenue

7 Peck Slip image

7 Peck Slip

Lithograph print of a the buildings standing at the corner of Peck Slip and Water Street. A three-story building stands directly on the corner with many windows, doors, and pulleys- presumably for access to storage space. A large key sign is visible on the roof of this building. Buildings of various heights stand on either side of this corner building. Two men are talking to each other at the corner of the streets. A horse and carriage are seen in the background as well as, faintly, the ships and water.
Ann Street and Park Row image

Ann Street and Park Row

Lithograph from the 1855 D.T. Valentine's Manual that depicts a street scene with buildings on the left side and a park on the right side; people walk on the sidewalks and horses and carts are in the street; St. Paul's Chapel can be seen in the background. Seamen's Bank for Savings Collection.
Bergen House image

Bergen House

Old De Hart or Bergen house Lithograph: The old De Hart or Bergen house, a small house with colonnade entrance, fence along front and several trees, near 36th Street in Sunset Park, in 1863.
Brooklyn Borough Hall image

Brooklyn Borough Hall

Brooklyn City Hall Print of Brooklyn City Hall, later renamed Borough Hall, used in The Illustrated American news, November 12, 1851. Image includes three horse-drawn vehicles, several pedestrians, and buildings on both sides.
Canal Street and Broadway image

Canal Street and Broadway

Lithograph print of the Stone Bridge Tavern. The tavern stands across from a second smaller building. A green area leads into a small canal over which a stone bridge stands. Several people are seen in the image with one horse-drawn carriage coming off the bridge.
Catherine Slip and the East River image

Catherine Slip and the East River

Lithograph print depicting marketplace setting with halls near harbor. In left foreground, there is a two storied structure whose roof is capped by bell tower with weathervane. Carriages are parked nearby while shoppers walk nearby.
Central Park, The Reservoir  image

Central Park, The Reservoir

Croton Aqueduct Department. Plans for the original and revised configuration of the New Receiving Reservoir in Central Park. 1857.
City Hall Park image

City Hall Park

Page from an undated D.T. Valentine's Manual with lithograph of City Hall Park captioned "Park, north end, 1825. To the left is Scudder's American Museum, with several people on the lawn in front of it. In the foreground there are several pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. Print is pasted to cardboard. Seamen's Bank for Savings Collection.
Cliff and Beekman Streets image

Cliff and Beekman Streets

Toned lithograph depicting the original St. George's Church from Beekman Street with three story homes on either side and many people walking along the street. From 1855 D.T. Valentine's Manual captioned "St. George's Church, Beekman St. New York, 1831".
Contoit's Garden image

Contoit's Garden

Contoit's Garden on Broadway, ca. 1830. Lithograph is from: Valentine's Manual, 1855 edition.
Contoit's Garden image

Contoit's Garden

Print depicting buildings captioned "Contoit's Garden, Broadway, N.Y. 1830." Building sign reads "NEW-YORK GARDEN" is a garden with trees behind the doors and open roof above; people are depicted on the street and sidewalk; paper is mounted on board. Letter from donor of print to the Seamen's Bank for Savings is attached. Seamen's Bank for Savings Collection.
Fireman's Hall image

Fireman's Hall

Fireman's Hall on Mercer Street. Lithograph is from: Valentine's Manual, 1856 edition.
Flushing Institute image

Flushing Institute

Flushing Institute Photostatic print of a sketch of the Flushing Institute. E.A Fairchild was the proprietor and principal of the institute. Vignette from the Rease Map of the Village of Flushing, 1859.; Typed on back of print: 331C- Flushing Institute - Roosevelt Ave. between Main and Union Sts. (North Shore bus terminal now on site.)
Front Street and Maiden Lane image

Front Street and Maiden Lane

Lithograph shows the Fly Market at the corner of Front Street and Maiden Lane. Market tables with women proprietors are in the foreground. A wooden building with the sign "Abrm. Valentine" stands behind the market tables. In the background is an open brick arched structure with more market stalls. Behind this are various sized buildings.
Front Street and Maiden Lane image

Front Street and Maiden Lane

Lithograph shows the Fly Market at the corner of Front Street and Maiden Lane. Market tables with women proprietors are in the foreground. A wooden building with the sign "Abrm. Valentine" stands behind the market tables. In the background is an open brick arched structure with more market stalls. Behind this are various sized buildings.
George Washington Statue image

George Washington Statue

George Washington equestrian statue in Union Square, 1856. Lithograph is from: Valentine's Manual, 1857 edition.
Hell Gate Channel image

Hell Gate Channel

Lithograph print entitled "View of the Mill Rock, Hell Gate, N.Y., 1814" for D.T. Valentine’s Manual, 1856.
Hester Street Fair Lot image

Hester Street Fair Lot

Lithograph print depicting a cigar store among a row of wooden buildings, whose roof needs to be retiled and chimney reconstructed. The side of the store shows smoke coming from a pipe, while the front of the store depicts man smoking on his pipe. Cobblestone road completes rundown condition of area.
Hotel St. Germain image

Hotel St. Germain

John Street United Methodist Church image

John Street United Methodist Church

Black and white lithograph depicting brick courtyard and two story brick church with arched wooden doorway; wooden steps up to a wooden door. A man is standing in the entryway of the church. Two men are to the left of the church, one is sitting on a bench. A group of people are gathered on the right side of the image.
McGown's Pass Tavern image

McGown's Pass Tavern

Lithograph print depicting a pathway leading to lookout at center of fortification, with cannon stations to left and right. Road strewn with rocks and sparse shrubbery.
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum image

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum

Abigail Adams Smith Museum, 421 East 61st Street, New York City
Nicholas Wilhelm Stuyvesant Home image

Nicholas Wilhelm Stuyvesant Home

The residence of N.W. Stuyvesant, which formerly stood on 8th Street, between First and Second Avenues. Lithograph is from: Valentine's Manual, 1857 edition.
Packer Collegiate Institute image

Packer Collegiate Institute

\[Packer Collegiate Institute's first graduating class] Twelve female members of the first \[presumably high school] graduating class of Packer Collegiate Institute in 1855. The school is located at 170 Joralemon Street.
Pier 16 image

Pier 16

Lithograph print of the ferry house on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. In the foreground is the multi-level ferry house sitting on the edge of the East River with a large green space surrounding it. In this green space is livestock, some in an enclosed pen and some pulling a wagon. Men are in the green area by the river's edge and one is driving the wagon. On the river are several sailing vessels and row boats. In the background, Manhattan is visible with several buildings lining the water's edge.
Pier 19 image

Pier 19

Lithograph titled "Peck Slip; N.Y. 1850" by G. Hayward, 120 Water St., for D.T. Valentine’s Manual, 1857. Print show two ferries docks at the end of Peck Slip, one for New Heaven, and one for Williamsburgh; Buildings on left, and in the background sailing ships and a ferry. In the foreground people, horse carriages, and hand-trucks.
St. George's Episcopal Church (Flushing) image

St. George's Episcopal Church (Flushing)

St. George's Episcopal Church Photo of a sketch of St. George's Episcopal Church. Vignette from the Rease Map of the Village of Flushing, 1859.
St. John’s Park image

St. John’s Park

St. Luke's Hospital, Midtown image

St. Luke's Hospital, Midtown

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 54th Street (West) Fifth Avenue, west side, at . . 54th Street, showing St. Lukes Hospital at the N. W. corner of same. This structure was erected in 1858, thru the efforts of the Rev. Dr. William A. Vuhlenberg, the rector of the Church of the Holy Communion. He began this work in 1846 and in 1850 raised a subscription of V100,00O. A corporation was formed and in 1854 opened an infirmary in a Sixth Avenue house to be conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Communion. In 1888 a Craining School for Nurses was established. In 1892, the Trustees purchased a tract on W. 113th Street, near tne (then) proposed Cathedral of St. John and erected a new hospital. This site in 1w39 is occupied by the 9 story University Club. This view shows, a vacant lot at the S. W . corner of this point,at the ieft of which stood for years the Rockefeller residence. See views on 54th Street for same. About 1859 Gift of George T. Bagoe
Surrogate's Courthouse image

Surrogate's Courthouse

A brick reservoir is depicted with an archway in front of it. This arch has four Tuscan Order columns and a statue of a man sitting holding an instrument and a pot on top. A building is situated on either side of the reservoir. People walk along the street and a horse and carriage are in the road.
The Colored Orphan Asylum image

The Colored Orphan Asylum

Trinity Church and Graveyard image

Trinity Church and Graveyard

Print depicting a row of buildings with Trinity Church at the end of the street; several people are walking along the sidewalk with horse and carts in the street; "Wall Street at William Street, Looking West, 1825"; lith., Mc Spedon and Baker; for Valentine's Manual. Seamen's Bank for Savings Collection.
U.S. Barge Office image

U.S. Barge Office

Water and Pine Street image

Water and Pine Street

Lithograph print of a somewhat busy street scene at the corner of Water and Pine Streets. A large three-story building dominates the image at the corner of the intersection. A massive piece of art hangs on the side of the building. Multi-level buildings stand on either side of the corner building. Horses, carriages, and men are in the streets.
West 77th Street and Broadway image

West 77th Street and Broadway

Lithograph print depicting a residence, with a wood picket fence in foreground whose gate is shows at the extreme right. The residence is a two-storied building in the midground of the image. Its roof is set at three levels, and an extension on the right shows two gables. A small garden is located in the middle of the lawn. Trees line both paths leading to the house.
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