New York Gallery

Abandoned baby found by police, New York City, 1890s

Policeman bringing in an abandoned infant found in an alley on a winter night, New York City, 1890s.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

© North Wind Picture Archives

1800s, 1890s, 19th Century, Abandoned, American, Art, Baby, Child, City, East, Eastern, Foundling, Heritage, Historic, History, Homeless, Illustration, Infant, New York, New York City, North America, Orphan, Police, Police Men, Police Station, Poor, Poverty, Social Problem, Traditional, United States, Urban Life, Us A, Vintage

Wall Streets Tontine Coffee House in the late 1700s

Tontine Coffee House, corner of Water and Wall Street, meeting-place of New York brokers who formed the NY Stock Exchange.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

© North Wind Picture Archives

1790s, 1800s, 18th Century, 19th Century, American, Art, Boat, Brokerage, Cargo, Cargo Ship, City, Coffee, Commerce, Harbor, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Import, Manhattan, Maritime, Merchant Ship, New York, New York City, New York Stock Exchange, North America, Ny Stock Exchange, Nyse, Port, Sailing Ship, Sea Port, Ship, Stock Exchange, Tontine Coffee House, Tontine Coffeehouse, Trade, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage, Wall Street, Water Front, Wharf, Worker

End of the Revolutionary War announced by signal-fires

Beacon-fires in the hills along the Hudson River celebrating end of Revolutionary War, 1783.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

© North Wind Picture Archives

1780s 1700s 18th Century, 1783, America, American, American Revolution, Announcement, Art, Beacon, Bonfire, Communicate, Communication, Heritage, Historic, History, Hudson River, Illustration, New York, North America, Ny, Outpost, Peace, Peace Treaty, Revolution, Revolutionary War, Signal, Signal Fire, Traditional, Treaty, Treaty Of Paris, United States, Us A, Vintage, War