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New York City
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 20th Century American Architecture & Interior Design: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955 
 Contains "over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures. Subjects are concentrated chiefly in the northeastern United States, especially the New York City area, and Florida." Subjects include "the homes of notable Americans... U.S. presidents... [and] the 1939-40 New York World's Fair." Searchable, and browsable by subject. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/gottscho/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Oct 9, 2004 CentralPark.com
Contains a history of the New York City park, information on attractions and events, maps, photos, and more. http://www.centralpark.com/ Topics: Parks, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Aug 31, 2005 City Sites: Multimedia Essays on New York and Chicago, 1870s-1930s
This resource "explores the meanings and forms of American urbanism in New York and Chicago in the modern period." The essays explore the architecture, leisure, space, and race for various areas of both cities. Each essay contains numerous photos. Included is an extensive bibliography. Requires the Flash plug-in. From the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, UK. http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/citysites/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 3, 2002 Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
This site includes "recruiting posters for New York City regiments of volunteers; stereographic views documenting the mustering of soldiers and of popular support for the Union in New York City; photography showing the war's impact, both in the north and south; and drawings and writings by ordinary soldiers on both sides." Browse subject headings, name, or archival name. Searchable by keyword. The Before, During, and After the Civil War presentation provides a good background. Another incredible collection from the Library of Congress American Memory project. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 24, 2004 Concrete Abstractions: Aaron Siskind
Collection of photographs by Aaron Siskind, who "was a politically engaged photographer active in New York's Photo League during the 1930s, when his most ambitious project was a documentation of life in Harlem. But by 1943, his work turned toward abstraction, anticipating the Abstract Expressionism of post-war painting." Photos span the period of 1944 through 1988. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/siskind/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jun 21, 2009 Flying: Sachigusa Yasuda
Small collection of photos from an exhibit of "a series of large-scale photographs exploring the visual and psychological effects of exaggerated and forced perspectives on familiar landmarks -- in this case, Manhattan architecture." The exhibit "alludes to the recent epidemic of suicide cyber cults in Sachigusa Yasuda's native Japan." Includes introductory essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/flying/default.lasso Topics: Architecture by Place, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Forgotten NY: The Infrastructure of a Lost Metropolis
Photographs of vintage New York City, arranged in sections for signs, street lamps, trolleys, trains, subways, alleys, and more. Includes an eclectic collection of links, most of which are related to New York City. http://www.forgotten-ny.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Dec 2, 2003 Glass Steel and Stone: Global Architecture Encyclopedia
This searchable site has descriptions, photographs, and 3-dimensional models of buildings, bridges, skyscrapers, and other architectural constructions. The New York City section includes images of the former World Trade Center and proposals for its rebuilding. There are also sections on haunted and odd architecture, images from The American Institute of Architects, sandcastle competitions, an email newsletter, and architectural quotations, poetry, and humor. http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/ Topics: Architecture, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 15, 2005 Lewis Wickes Hine: The Construction of the Empire State Building, 1930-1931
Presents photos by Lewis Wickes Hine, who "was commissioned to photograph the construction of the [Empire State] building in 1930. Taking many of the risks the construction workers endured, Hine photographed the workers in precarious positions while they secured the iron and steel framework of the structure. In order to obtain the best vantage points, Hine was swung out in a ... basket 1,000 feet above Fifth Avenue." From the New York Public Library. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/hinex/empire/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography Last updated Mar 24, 2004 Life Magazine
Covers and "classic pictures" from Life Magazine for the years 1936-1972, when it was a weekly publication. Covers are searchable; pictures may be browsed by edition, subject, or photographer. The covers section also includes "past LIFE covers for this day." http://www.life.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Apr 6, 2009 Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968
A collection of fourteen photographs and brief accompanying text, this site "highlights the decade that [Japanese artist] Yayoi Kusama lived and worked in New York City." Online companion of an exhibit of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City. http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1998/kusama/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Oct 8, 2009 A Love of Monsters: Gargoyles and Architectural Details in NYC
This site provides walking tours and photographs of the sculptural type of monsters and other details found on buildings in New York City. http://www.aardvarkelectric.com/gargoyle/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jan 5, 2004 Miner's Son, Miners' Photographer: The Life and Work of George Harvan
This site has a biography of this documentary photographer, interviews with him, and a gallery of his photographs (many with text and audio comments by the photographer). In addition to the coal mining photographs for which he is best known, the online exhibitions include pictures taken in New York City, occupied Japan, the Gettysburg battlefield, and the Amish countryside. From The Journal for MultiMedia History , an online publication. http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol3/harvan/ Topics: Geology, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Dec 27, 2002 Modern Ruins
Author and photographer Phillip Buehler's collection of photos and brief histories of sites he calls "modern ruins." Parts of Ellis Island, Coney Island, the site of New York World Fairs, abandoned factories, roads, and neighborhoods are some of the places he visits; most are in the U.S. http://www.modern-ruins.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Apr 12, 2006 The Museum of the City of New York
This museum "holds more than 1.5 million paintings, prints, photographs, costumes, toys, rare books, manuscripts, sculptures, decorative arts objects, and other artifacts that comprise a treasury of New York City history." The site features an overview of the collection with selected images, and virtual exhibits on subjects such as Work Projects Administration (WPA) photographs of New York, Al Hirschfeld's New York, and 18th century women's shoes. Searchable. http://www.mcny.org Topics: Fashion, Holidays & Observances, Museums by Place: United States, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 1, 2004 New York City Signs: 14th to 42nd Street
Photos of selected signs (mostly vintage) painted on buildings from 14th to 42nd streets in Manhattan. Photographs are browsable several ways: by the company being advertised, the sign's approximate date, or by street number. Also browsable through an interactive area street map. http://www.14to42.net/ Topics: Architecture, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Dec 2, 2003 The Orphan Train Collection
The Web site "is a collection of magazines, books, newspapers, newsletters, photos, and interviews" on the Orphan Trains era in American history. In the midst of poverty in the mid 1800's, New York City's, homeless and orphaned children were sent by the Children's Aid Society to adopting families in the rural Midwest in what became known as Orphan Trains, in hopes of finding better lives. From the Orphan Train Heritage Society of America (OTHSA). http://www.orphantrainriders.com/ Topics: Agriculture, Families, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Poverty, Social Issues Last updated Jun 18, 2002 Pale Male
Large collection of photographs chronicling the life of a red-tailed hawk named Pale Male, who made national headlines in 2004 when the owners of the building where his nest was located (across from Central Park in New York City) attempted to remove the nest. Includes detailed notes and observations about Pale Male and images of other hawks and wildlife in the area. http://www.palemale.com/ Topics: Animals, Birds, Parks, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Mar 15, 2006 Pale Male
This site is companion to a PBS film about a red-tailed hawk who has nested and raised families on a building across from Central Park for years. The site has a photo essay of Pale Male and his mates and offspring over the years, a video clip of him hunting, an interview with a raptor rehabilitator, and a brief history of Central Park. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/pale-male/introduction/2422/ Topics: Birds, Parks, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Travel Last updated Sep 8, 2009 The Picture Collection Online
From the New York Public Library, this is a "collection of 30,000 digitized, public domain images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. It consists of images of New York City, Costume, Design, American History" and more than 12,000 other subjects. It is searchable by "keyword or by browsing a variety of indexes." http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Dec 7, 2004 September 11: One Year Viewed From Space
Satellite images comprising a "digital archive of pre- and post-[September 11, 2001] attack images of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon." Each photograph is annotated with information about time and subject. From a commercial remote sensing company. http://www.geoeye.com/gallery/9-11/ Topics: Astronomy, Holidays and Observances Individually, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Mar 20, 2007 Staten Island Ferry
This site features information about the New York City ferry service between Manhattan and Staten Island. Includes photos, a history of the ferry fleet (from pre-1905 ferries to future ferry designs), information about special events, and details about the ferry service. This unofficial site is not affiliated with the New York Department of Transportation. http://www.siferry.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Oct 22, 2003 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City killed 146 factory workers. This site, prepared "specifically to assist high school students in writing research papers from primary sources," documents this historic disaster and its aftermath with a collection of photographs, oral histories, political cartoons, audio survivor interviews, copies of original documents, articles, bibliography, and links to related online resources. http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ Topics: Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Nov 17, 2004 William P. Gottlieb Photographs From the Golden Age of Jazz
"The William P. Gottlieb Collection, comprising over sixteen hundred photographs of celebrated jazz artists, documents the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948, primarily in New York City and Washington, D.C." Search by keyword or browse by name, subject, or venue. Site includes digitized images of Down Beat magazine articles, an essay on Gottlieb's life and work, audio clips of his commentaries on selected photographs, and more. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov//ammem/wghtml/wghome.html Topics: Musicians, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography Last updated Mar 3, 2004 Worklore: Brooklyn Workers Speak
This site "explores the work lives of Brooklynites as they made, and continue to make, their living in the borough. Using photographs and personal quotes, this online exhibition compares the experience of working in the past to doing so today." The site addresses the themes of racial bias, women's changing work roles, immigrants, and unemployment. Includes a game, classroom materials, a bibliography, and links. A project of The Brooklyn Historical Society and Brooklyn Public Library. http://www.worklore.net/ Topics: Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Apr 28, 2004 World Trade Center - Some Engineering Aspects
Basic, general information about the World Trade Center buildings. Find information about the structural system and informed speculation about why it collapsed. Includes diagrams, photographs, and related links. From the University of Sydney, Department of Civil Engineering. http://www.civil.usyd.edu.au/wtc.shtml Topics: Architecture, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Science, September 11 & Beyond, Technology Last updated Mar 29, 2006 |
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