History101.NYC is an ad-free learning resource available to the public at no charge.
This project is dedicated to exploring New York’s fascinating heritage through the restoration of vintage photographs and prints.

Learn all about NYC’s distant past as "Mannahatta" or the "Island of Many Hills".
Research the natural forces that shaped the environment, along with the people who formed the landscape and culture.

←→In the 1620's, the Dutch settled what would be known... Read More
View All23Images←→During the 18th Century, New York City was still lar... Read More
View All16Images←→During this period, the Erie Canal begins operating ... Read More
View All16Images←→By the 1850s, New York City's ports handled more goo... Read More
View All22Images←→The 1860s were a time of reconstruction after the Ci... Read More
View All41Images←→In 1870, Long Island City was formed in Queens. Four... Read More
View All29Images←→The 1880's NYC would see increased commerce and grow... Read More
View All19Images←→The 1890s were a pivotal point in NYC history. Washi... Read More
View All32Images←→At the turn of the Twentieth Century, NYC was growin... Read More
View All51Images←→The City's magnetic personality continues to attract... Read More
View All43Images←→At the dawn of another decade, New York's expansion ... Read More
View All58Images←→After years of growth and success, the City faces so... Read More
View All25Images←→Like many other cities in the aftermath of a global ... Read More
View All31Images←→From 1925 onward, the City would experience a massiv... Read More
View All16Images←→The 30s would mark a far less jubilant period as the... Read More
View All13Images←→The Great Depression has come and gone, and the city... Read More
View All14Images←→The 1940s would mark a turning point in how society ... Read More
View All32Images←→After six years of a world at war, the Allies have e... Read More
View All22Images←→At the apex of its postwar recovery, New York City c... Read More
View All29Images←→In the late 50s New York is still coasting on the su... Read More
View All30Images←→During the early 60s, New York City and its infrastr... Read More
View All18Images←→As the boon of the postwar economy declined and the ... Read More
View All28Images←→In the early 1970s a large movement of residents to ... Read More
View All20Images←→All of the misfortune and poverty of the early 1970'... Read More
View All15Images←→The early 1980s marks a drastic transition as the Ci... Read More
View All24Images←→In the latter half of the 1980's New York City was w... Read More
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History101.NYC is an ad-free learning resource available to the public at no charge.
This project is dedicated to exploring New York’s fascinating heritage through the restoration of vintage photographs and prints.