Author : Christopher Gray
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780486281469
Panoramic views show landmarks like the New York Public Library, the Plaza Hotel, and St. Patrick's Cathedral. Notes.
Author : Christopher Gray
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 13,55 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN :
Panoramic views show landmarks like the New York Public Library, the Plaza Hotel, and St. Patrick's Cathedral. Notes.
Author : William Lee Younger
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 14,5 MB
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0486141691
157 photographs, many never before reprinted, show the vitality and variety of old Brooklyn: waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton Street, Brooklyn Heights, Ebbets Field, Luna Park, Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach Hotel, more.
Author : Eric Homberger
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 39,11 MB
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300105155
Mrs Astor, queen of New York society in the decades before World War I, used her prestige to create a social aristocracy in the city. Mrs Astor's story, told here by Eric Homberger, sheds light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy.
Author : Vincent F. Seyfried
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 19,63 MB
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0486136019
Recalls "good old days" in Maspeth, Jamaica, Astoria, Jackson Heights, other areas: DeWitt Clinton mansion, hotel where Washington slept (1790), plus recent landmarks — Astoria Studios, 1939 World's Fair, more. 261 prints.
Author : Mary J. Shapiro
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,98 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0486319237
Profusely illustrated account of the greatest engineering achievement of the 19th century. Rare contemporary photos and engravings and accompanying detailed captions recall construction, human drama, politics, much more. 167 black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Ronald Sanders
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0486137791
Collection of evocative photographs chronicles evolution of immigrant neighborhood from 1870s to 1920 as waves of Jewish immigrants arrived from Eastern Europe. 99 black-and-white photographs. Introduction. Bibliography.
Author : Richard Wurts
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 1977-06-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780486234946
Analyse: Photographies de Richard Wurts, Carl van Vechten, Samuel H. Gottscho, Underwood & Underwood, Sigurd Fisher et Michael L. Radoslovich.
Author : James Spero
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,31 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780486267272
Newly updated guide with striking photos, detailed captions on Empire State Building, United Nations, Times Square, Statue of Liberty, other landmarks.
Author : Jacob A. Riis
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486401966
Classic work of reportage documents life of the urban poor at the turn of the century. Compelling real-life tales and rare photographs celebrate efforts to demolish breeding grounds of crime and improve conditions in schools, tenements, and playgrounds.
