Amazing Vintage Photos of New York City in the Early 1900s _ OLDUS

   

New York, like most older American cities, has changed plenty over the centuries. But one ever-present trait is the city’s photogenic nature: it's the backdrop of many a tourist photo, Hollywood movie, and music video.

This urban beauty even extends back to the early 1900s. The Library of Congress affords us the opportunity to look back at New York when it was just entering the 20th century.

 
City Hall, Manhattan

 

Coney Island

 

Federal Hall

 

Times Square

 

Union Square, flower market


11th Avenue

 

34th Street and 5th Avenue

 

Central Park

 

City Hall subway station

 

College of the City of New York

 

Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

 

Greenwich Village, hot dog festival

 

Harlem River

 

Madison Square

 

Mott Street (Chinatown)

 

Prospect Park

 

South Street Seaport

 

Statue of Liberty, from the torch

 

The Brooklyn Bridge

 

 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

 
Washington Bridge and Harlem River Drive