history of new york city

Gillender Building, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites

City Hall subway station, New York

Portfolio stand and cover

Turned armchair, 17th century

Turned armchair, 17th century, New York

Tumbler, 17th century, New York

Tumbler, 17th century

Seal, 18th century

Probably made in New York, New York, United States

Viola, 18th century

Mourning Ring, 18th century

Mourning Ring, 18th century, New York

Marble-slab table

Augustus Vallette Van Horne, Jr.

Augustus Vallette Van Horne Jr. (1765-1853) lived in New York City. Walter Robertson (Irish, Dublin ca. 1750–1802 Fatehpur, India)

Teapot, 18th century, New York

Punch Bowl, 18th century

Probably made in New York, New York, United States

Tankard, 18th century

Easy chair, 18th century

Easy chair, 18th century, New York

Side Chair, 18th century

Made in New York, United States

Teapot, 18th century

Probably made in New York, New York, United States

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

Ring, 18th century

Viola, 18th century

Upholstery panels for a settee

Upholstery panels for a settee

Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Fireback, 18th century

Graduation Diploma, 18th century, New York

Graduation Diploma, 18th century

Made in New York, New York, United States

Side Chair, 18th century

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

Ring, 18th century

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

Andiron, copper alloy

Probably made in New York, New York, United States

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

Card Table, 18th century, New York

Card table, 18th century, New York

Card Table, 18th century

Side Chair, 18th century

Card and backgammon table, New York

Side Chair, 18th century

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

Card and backgammon table

Side Chair, 18th century

Card Table, 18th century

Made in New York, United States

Salver, 18th century

Salver, 18th century, New York

Side Chair, 18th century

Side Chair, 18th century

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

The south prospect of the city of New York in America

Print shows the waterfront on the south side of New York City with ships and boats in the foreground; prominent features numbered, legend not included.

Cradle, 18th century

Made in New York, New York, United States

Mourning Ring, 18th century

Probably made in New York, New York, United States

Mourning Ring, 18th century

Probably made in New York, New York, United States

Upholstery panels for a settee

Upholstery panels for a settee

Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Portrait of a Lady

Card table, 18th century

Round tea table

Settee, 18th century

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

Side Chair, 18th century

Made in New York, United States

A South West View of the City of New York, in North America

A south east view of the city of New York, in North America Vue de sud...

Print shows two men sitting on a knoll under a tree in the foreground and a distant view of New York City with King's College, now Columbia University, the most prominent building visible. Title from item. Prin... More

Jug, 18th century

Jug, 18th century, New York

Plan of the city of New York, in North America: surveyed in the years ...

Cartouche showing allegorical scene with an English trader standing on the shore among barrels and bundles of merchandise and a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt standing among barrels. Title from it... More

Incendie de New-York / dessiné par le Barbier peintre du Roi ; gravé p...

Print shows a riot in New York City and several buildings on fire. Title from item. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil .... Bruxelles : 1782... More

Jean Henri Riesener - Commode (Secrétaire à abattant), bronze, Paris, ...

Gold-Covered Jean Henri Riesener - Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en...

Gold-Covered Jean Henri Riesener - Commode (Secrétaire à abattant), br...

Jean Henri Riesener - Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Pa...

Charles Willson Peale - Richard Montgomery, 18th century

Gulian Ludlow, 18th century, New York

Ralph Earl - Marinus Willett, 18th century

Gulian Ludlow, 18th century

Gulian Ludlow (1764-1826) a New York, City merchant, married Maria Ludlow (26.125.2) in 1792. John Ramage (Ireland ca. 1748–1802 Montreal)

Barrel Organ, 18th century

Square Piano, 18th century

Side chair, 18th century

Square Piano, 18th century

A Perspective View of the City Hall in New York, Taken from Wall Stree...

Cornelius Tiebout (American, New York ca. 1773–1832 Kentucky)

Ralph Earl - Marinus Willett, 18th century

Armchair, 18th century

Armchair, 18th century, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Square Piano, copper alloy

Joseph Griffiths, 18th century

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

Side Chair, 18th century, New York

Settee, 18th century, New York

To the electors of the City of New York. Fellow-citizens. The aristocr...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 112, Folder 23b.

Collect Pond, New York City

Collect Pond, New York City, New York

Barrel Organ, 18th century

City Hall, New York

Settee, 18th century

Made in New York, New York, United States

Side Chair, 18th century

Made in New York, New York, United States

Side Chair, 18th century

Made in New York, New York, United States