History of NYC - 1880s

Photograph of workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi's Parisian warehouse workshop before it was shipped to New York.

Photograph of a the trolley tracks on the Brooklyn Bridge. A city worker is seen cleaning the platform on the left while commuters are seen walking on the right.

Various Companies Operated Local Trolley Lines over the Brooklyn Bridge.

A view looking down elevated railroad tracks. A train is approaching around the curve.

View north along Sixth Avenue shows the Third Judicial District Courthouse, 425 Avenue of the Americas, currently known as Jefferson Market.

Aerial photograph of City Hall with its neighborhood buildings and surrounding park in downtown Manhattan.

Aerial photograph of Fifth Avenue looking south with Rutgers Female College on left and Croton Reservoir on right.

Photograph of 660 Fifth Avenue - the mansion of William K. and Alva Vanderbilt.

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's "Statue of Liberty" is erected on Bedloe's Island, in New York Harbor, becoming a symbol of American freedom and opportunity.

Magazine Illustration depicting the completion of Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art

Photograph shows a view of Fulton Street toward the ferry after snow plows have cleared a path through the blizzard.

Photograph shows piles of snow taller than a group of men posing in front of a storefront during the Blizzard of 1888.

Photograph of pedestrians walking the Promenade of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City.

An early photograph of the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge promenade - a much needed connection between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Photograph of East River boats passing underneath the Brooklyn Bridge overpass.