Photograph Collection (#55)

Wartime Subway Entrance
A man passes a boy as he walks towards a subway entrance kiosk which bears signs for the Third Liberty Loan, New York, Spring 1918

Coming To America
An Irish immigrant (center) sits on a chair and waits next to an Italian immigrant and her children, Ellis Island, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Coming To America
An Eastern European immigrant mother and her children sit and wait. Ellis Island, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Coming To America
Two Irish immigrants look out across the harbor to New York City as one sits and points, Ellis Island, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Coming To America
A group of European immigrants including men, women, and children, await the next step on their journey to the United States at the immigration processing center in New York harbor, Ellis Island

Coming To America
A group of primarily Chinese and East Asian immigrants waits on a wharf after disinfection at Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, California, 1910s

Central Park Conservatories New York
Pedestrians walk along pathways beside the Conservatories in Central Park, New York, 1900s. Built in 1898 the Conservatory buildings were demolished in 1934 because of maintenance costs

Madison Square Park New York
A group of men in hats leans against a railing and watches passersby, Madison Square Park at Fifth Avenue and 23d Street, Manhattan, New York, 1900s. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

19th Century Brewery
A group of men mill about on the corner by a row of beer barrells outside of Robert Smiths Brewery, Philadelphia, 19th Century. Smith s, founded in 1772, was bought by C

Old Style Printing Press
A hand operated printing press of the kind used in colonial era North America, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

The View From Machu Picchu
Three Peruvian Indians stand in traditional dress on a masonry ledge of the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu and look out over a deep valley at one of the Amazons source streams

Old West Homestead Portrait
A family of prosperous and sturdy pioneers poses for a group portrait outside their habitat, Western US, late 19th Century. (Phtoo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

Winter Graveyard
12th March 1955: A snow-covered graveyard in Edinburgh; away to the right of the church in this photograph Edinburgh Castle dominates the landscape

Long-Woolled Sheep
Long-woolled sheep in field near Kielder, one of the many villages situated on the Tynes Bank, 21st October 1950. Original Publication

Edwardian Commuters In New York
Commuters walk on the street after leaving a subway station, New York, 1910s. (Photo by J.J. Hirz/Getty Images)

Londons Covent Garden
Photograph of vendors and shoppers in Londons Covent Garden Market, early 1910s. (Image by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Old West Homestead Portrait
A family stands outside their ramshackle cabin, which they must occupy in order to certify their homestead claim, outside of Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1889. (Photo by Harmon T. Swearingen/Getty Images)

Old West Homestead Portrait
Stereopticon image of a family outside their habitat on their ranch, Western US, late 19th Century. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Old West Homestead Portrait
A pioneer family poses for a portrait outside their mud-brick habitat on the Great Plains in the Dakota Territory, late 20th Century. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Paris By Air
The first aerial photograph of Paris taken by Nadar from a balloon at an altitude of 520 metres. (Photo by Nadar/Getty Images)

Paris Underworld
An inhabitant of the Parisian underworld inspects a photograph of three camels. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Fox Talbot (1800 - 1877), wood engraving, published in 1880
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800 - 1877), British inventor and photography pioneer. He developed the principle of the negative-positive process. Wood engraving, published in 1880

Election In Front Of State House, PA, 1815
Illustration depicting an election in front of the State House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1815. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
Engraved scene of people visiting and looking at statues in Madame Tussauds Wax museum on Baker Street, London, circa 1830s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Phoenician- Assyrian Bireme Or Ship
A model of a two-level Phoenician- Assyrian warship or Bireme, circa 19th Century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Hold The Pose
circa 1826: A French cartoon by Daumier showing a man clamped into a chair whilst having his photograph taken. The caption reads The Position supposed to be the most comfortable for getting a nice

Looking North Over Prospect Park
View looking north over Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, 1910s. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and was completed in the late 1860s

Chrysler Building Under Construction
View of the Chrysler Building with its top still under construction, New York City, circa 1930. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

Holland Plaza Building
A view of the Holland Plaza Building at Varick and Canal Streets near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel, New York City, circa 1935. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

Construction At Battery Park, New York City
High angle view of Battery Park and surrounding buildings under construction in downtown Manhattan, New York, New York, early 1910s. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

Ferry At Hudson River Terminal
A ferry boat floats on the icy water of the Hudson River at a terminal in southern Manhattan, New York, New York, circa 1915. The Woolworth Building is visible in the background

Paris Parade For Lindbergh
A huge crowd gathers to watch a parade in honor of American pilot Charles A. Lindberghs successful trans-Atlantic flight, non-stop from New York to Paris, Paris, France, May 22, 1927

Lindbergh Arrives In Croydon
Aerial view of a huge crowd of people as they surround Charles A. Lindbergh and his plane upon his arrival at Croydon airfield, Croydon, England, May 29, 1927

Crowds & Traffic At Old Coney Island
Postcard view of Surf Avenue, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1910. The view looks east with Feltmans restaurant and resort (birthplace of the hot dog as we know it)

Great 20th Century Explorers
The semi-rigid N-class airship Norge (Norwegian for Norway ), which was used by the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Expedition to fly over the North Pole, lands on a snowy field, Teller, Alaska, May 13

Great 20th Century Explorers
The ill-fated semi-rigid N-class airship N1 (aka Italia ) makes a stopover at an airfield before continuing on with Italian general Umberto Nobiles second expedition to overfly the North Pole, Stolp

Union Pacific Train
A Union Pacific freight train moves through a mountainous area, circa 1930. (Photo by Gabriel Hackett/Getty Images)

London Burning after Fire Bombing
Rescue workers silhouetted against the light of burning buildings after a German fire-bombing raid on London, 25th February 1944. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Brooklyn Bridge & Manhattan Skyline
View across the Brooklyn Bridge with the Manhattan skyline behind it, New York, New York, 1930s. (Photo by Lawrence Thornton/Getty Images)

Westminster Bridge, London, with the Palace of Westminster and the clocktower of Big Ben in the background, circa 1890. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ford Atmos
Fords show car of the future, the Atmos, 1954. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Dorilton Apartments
A view from street level of the elaborate ham and cheese western facade on Broadway of the Dorilton Building (1902, Janes & Leo) as it undergoes cleaning, Upper West Side, New York, late 1920s

Clock On The Pure Oil Building
View of the massive clock on the exterior of the Pure Oil Building (also known as the Jewelers Building and the North American Life Building) at 35 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois, late 1920s

Into The Darkness Beneath The Metropolis
A man in hat and coat gets off of a subway car the interior of which is plastered with advertising posters for department stores, New York, 1910s. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

New York Stock Exchange
Scene outside the New York Stock Exchange at the corner of Broad Street and Wall Street in downtown Manhattan, New York, New York, circa 1915. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Midtown Over Roosevelt Island
View of the Manhattan skyline over the Goldwater Memorial Hospital on the southern tip of Welfare (now Roosevelt) Island, New York, 1940s

Pre - United Nations East Midtown Skyline
General view of the East Midtown skyline from across the East River looking West, New York, New York, 1930s or 1940s. Prominant structures include the Empire State Building (left)

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