List #

Caption

NARA Citation

CITY001

Albany, from Van--Unsselaens lsland." Engraving from THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA by John Howard Hinton (Boston, 1846)

030~N~36-0322

CITY002

Battle Monument, Baltimore." Engraving from American Scenery by Nathaniel Parker Willis, illustrated by W. II, Bartett (London, 1838)

030~N~38-0816

CITY003

View of the Water Celebration, on Boston Common, October 25th 1848." Lithograph by P. Hyman and David Bigelow

208~PR~10E-13

CITY004

Brooklyn Heights, Opposite the City of New York." Engraving from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing--Room Companion (Boston, 1854)

030~N~33-0063

CITY005

Burlington, VT. 1858. From the Lake." Lithograph. Endicott and Company, New York.

208~PR~10E-12

CITY006

Chicago, Looking North from State and Washington Streets." Lithograph from Pictorial History of Chicago Chicago, 1930)

030~N~35-0034

CITY007

Cincinnati, OH." Engraving from "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" July 1883).

030~N~31-0714

CITY008

Fort Pierre [S. Dak.] and the Adjacent Prairie" by Karl Bodmer. Lithograph from Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832--1834 by Maximilian, Prince of Wied (London, 1838--43)

111~SC~92851

CITY009

lndependence--Courthouse--Missouri." Engraving from The United States Illustrated by Charles A. Dana (New York, 1855)

030~N~32-0283

CITY010

Key West," circa 1856. Lithograph. Chandler and Company, Boston

030~N~48-1063

CITY011

View of Main Street, LouisviIle, in 1846." Engraving from History of Kentucky, by Richard H. Collins (1874)

030~N~45-2749

CITY012

View of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin. Taken from the Water Cure, South Side of Lake Menona, 1855." Lithograph. C. Curriers, New York.

208~PR~1OE-14

CITY013

New London [CT] in 1813." Engraving from "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" (December 1863)

030~N~31-0665

CITY014

Panoramic View of New Orleans--Federal Fleet at Anchor in the River," circa 1862. Illustration from Campfires and Battlefields by Rossiter, Johnson, et al. (New York, 1894)

111~BA~1921

CITY015

View in Wall Street from Corner of Broad." New York. Engraving from Eighty Years' Progress of the United States (Hartford, Connecticut, 1867)

030~N~48-0150

CITY016

East View of Philadelphia, PA, and part of Camden, NJ," circa 1836. Lithograph. A. Koliner, Philadelphia.

208~PR~10E-06

CITY017

Pittsburg in 1790." Engraving from Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States by Henry R. Schoolcraft (Philadelphia, 1854)

030~N~35-0008

CITY018

Sacramento--City in California~." Engraving frnm The United States Illustrated by Charles A. Dana (New York, 1855)

030~N~32-0272

CITY019

Public Square, St. Augustine." Lithograph from The History and Antiquities of the City of Saint Augustine, FL (New York, 1858)

030~N~48-1154

CITY020

Salt Lake City in 1850." Engraving from American Pictures Drawn with Pen and lnk by Samuel Manning (London. 1876)

030~N~32-0455

CITY021

San Francisco." Engraving from The United States Illustrated by Charles A. Dana (New York, 1855)

030~N~32-0282

CITY022

La Ciudad de Santa Fe." Engraving from "Report of Lt. J.W. Abert of his Examination of NM in the Years 1846--1847." S. Ex. Doc. 23, 30th Cong., 1st sess. Series 506

111~SC~89562

CITY023

Seattle, Washington Territory." Engraving from "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" (Sept. 1870)

030~N~31-0684

CITY024

Newspaper Row, Washington, DC." Engraving from "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" (January 1874)

030~N~31-0629

CITY025

Georgetown. Washington, DC. circa 1862. Mathew Brady collection. Overview of the C&0 Canal. Aqueduct Bridge at right, and unfinished Capitol dome in the distant background

111~B~5422

CITY026

Governor's Island, New York Harbor. circa 1864. Mathew Brady collection. Grassy shore of the island, a partially submerged barge in the harbor, and sailing ships and city buildings in the background

111~B~3480

CITY027

Nashville, Tenn. from the statehouse, 1864. Photograph by George N. Barnard. Mathew Brady collection. The statehouse portico guarded by artillery in the foreground

111~B~4670

CITY028

Chattanooga, Tenn. in time of war. Soldiers' tents and supply wagons beside the city building. 1864. Mathew Brady collection.

111~B~7042

CITY029

Store--lined street, Salt Lake City, UT, 1869. Photograph by William H. Jackson

057~HS~811

CITY030

Panorama of Helena, MT, in 1870. Photograph by William H. Jackson

057~HS~040

CITY031

The weatherbeaten wharves between Piety and Desire Streets, New Orleans, LA, August 1881. Group of men seated on the wharves, store--lined street in the background

233~NO~23

CITY032

Oyster fleet in Baltimore Harbor, MD, circa 1885. Ships' masts dominate the foreground; buildings, horse--drawn wagons, and carts visible through them

022~CE~178

CITY033

Panorama of Portland, OR, in 1890. Mount Hood in the background

111~SC~85698

CITY034

Airshaft of a dumbbell tenement, New York City, taken from the roof, circa 1900

196~GS~014

CITY035

Hundreds of wooden barrels covering the docks at the resin yards, Savannah, GA, 1903

095~G~40877

CITY036

The Saint Louis, MO, waterfront crowded with steamboats at the start of President William H. Taft's inspection trip down the Mississippi River, October 1909

077~H~10580P-1

CITY037

An Indian enclave in Albuquerque, NM Primitive shelters with modern city street behind, 1912

095~G~91031

CITY038

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC. looking toward the Capitol from the Treasury Building. The Hotel Occidental advertises rooms with bath for $2 and up and modern Cadillac automobiles for rent for $3 per hour, circa 1915

066~G~23L-239

CITY039

Horse--drawn wagons line the narrow street in front of New Orleans' French Market, January 1915

083~G~3121

CITY040

Looking west on South Water Street, Chicago, crowded with horse--drawn wagons and motor trucks filled with produce for market, April 1915

083~G~3716

CITY041

Rows of laundry outside a New York City apartment house. Posters below advertise coming attractions at the Roosevelt and Apollo Theaters, 1935

208~PR~3F-09

CITY042

Downtown Cleveland, OH, in winter, from the air. The Cuyahoga River winds through the flats, December 1937

018~AA~73-02

CITY043

Aerial view of San Antonio. TX. and the surrounding plains, December 1939

018~AA~95-19

CITY044

Unattended pushcart advertising "frankfurts" with sauerkraut or onions, ice--cold soft drinks, and pies for 5 cents on a rain--soaked wharf, New York City, circa 1939

208~EX~236-44

CITY045

Rows of frame houses in a hilly area of Pittsburgh, with the smoke--shrouded city in the background, circa 1940

059~HP~85-10

CITY046

Mounds of coal, catwalks, and barges at the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company coal docks, December 1942

208~PR~27B-01

CITY047

Aerial view of the tip of Manhattan looking like a miniature city, circa 1942

030~N~42-1864

CITY048

Crude--oil pipe stills, rundown tanks, and "Cat Crackers" at the Baton Rouge Esso Refinery, circa 1945. Photograph by Edwin Rosskam

208~L0~14F-02

CITY049

San Francisco's cable cars climbing the Powell Street hill, ca 1945

208~PR~25T-15

CITY050

The maze of livestock pens and walkways at Chicago's stockyards, circa 1947

306~FS~304-47

CITY051

The lion statues at the New York Public Library, with a mantle of snow during the record December 1948 snowfall

306~NT~609K-20

CITY052

The rain--swept Boston Fish Pier, crowded with fish carts, fishing boats, and workmen, circa 1950

306~PS~51-17518

CITY053

The sprawling lights of Los Angeles and the surrounding area seen from Inspiration Point, Mount Lowe, circa 1950

306~NT~950X-18

CITY054

Frederick's Photographic Temple of Art, New York City, circa 1850. Original in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

208~PR~4K-01

CITY055

Bearded Irish clam diggers and a matronly companion on a wharf in Boston, 1882

022~CF~428

CITY056

Smartly dressed couple seated on an 1886--model bicycle for two. The South Portico of the White House, Washington, DC. in the background

077~RP~7347-4

CITY057

A military parade down the main street of Phoenix, Ariz. circa 1888

048~RST~4B-15

CITY058

Man with a derby hat stands atop a mound of oyster shells outside the C.H. Pearson & Company oyster cannery, Baltimore. Workers bring wheel-- barrows of shells from the factory to the heap. circa 1890

022~CE~172

CITY059

Boston's fisherman's wharf jammed with merchants and dock workers, circa 1890

022~CF~008

CITY060

Italian fishermen mending nets on a wharf in San Francisco Harbor, circa 1891

022~MDF~4

CITY061

Two officials of the New York City Tenement House Department inspect a cluttered basement living room, circa 1900

196~GS~032

CITY062

Residents in front of a dilapidated frame house in Kansas City, circa 1900

196~GS~490

CITY063

Children play ball in the street in front of typical housing with five rooms per family for $10 to $12 per month. San Francisco, circa 1900

196~GS~522

CITY064

Shoppers at the outdoor food market, 7th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. View looking up 7th Street, circa 1900

066~G~23L-047

CITY065

Elegantly dressed New Yorkers on Fifth Avenue, Easter morning, 1906

208~EX~237-01

CITY066

Three gentlemen pass the time on a park bench in San Jacinto Plaza, El Paso, TX. 1906

095~G~65764

CITY067

Treasury Department official, surrounded by packages of newly minted currency, counting and wrapping dollar bills. Washington, D.C. 1907

121~BA~339A

CITY068

Pedestrians on the upper deck promenade of Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, circa 1910

306~NT~958A-04

CITY069

Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River. Photograph by Lewis Hine, circa 1912

069~R~1K-2

CITY070

Women assembling dolls on a long worktable at the Shrenhat Toy Company, Philadelphia, October 1912

095~G~87763

CITY071

Architects at their drafting tables at the Treasury Department Building, Washington, DC. 1912

121~BA~209

CITY072

Young boy tending freshly stocked fruit and vegetable stand at Center Market. Washington, D.C. February 18,1915

083~G~0021

CITY073

Group of employees and several small boys in the littered alley entrance to a Baltimore garment factory, 1921

086~G~01Q-1

CITY074

Crowd of bathers on the Lake Michigan beach, Chicago, IL, circa 1925

208~PP~20B-02

CITY075

First--nighters posing for the camera outside the Warners' Theater before the premiere of "Don Juan" with John Barrymore. New York. August 6, 1926

2O8~LU~28N-1

CITY076

Women shoppers at Mrs. Snyder's Candy Shop, South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 1927

086~G~10E-2

CITY077

Workmen hand--dipping candles at the Saint Louis Candle and Wax Company, St. Louis, MO, 1927

016~G~229-1

CITY078

Ticker tape and confetti floating onto the motorcade carrying the crew of the Bremen, and the crowds assembled to greet them. Broadway, New York, NY. 1928

306~NT~958J-01

CITY079

Workman, perched on the end of a beam, bolting together the framework of the Empire State Building, New York City, 1930. Photograph by Lewis Hine

069~RH~4K-1

CITY080

Black children playing leap frog in a Harlem street, circa 1930

306~NT~171611c

CITY081

Refreshment stand in New York City where pineapple and orange nectar drinks are sold for 5 cents, July 1932

306~NT~172539c

CITY082

Row of men at the New York City docks out of work during the depression. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1934

069~R~1L-3

CITY083

Civil Works Administration (CWA) workmen cleaning and painting the gold dome of the Denver Capitol, 1934

306~NT~940K-01

CITY084

Religious statues, a calendar, and rubbish left behind in the second--floor front room of a vacated Brooklyn housing project, 172 Ten Eyck Street, May 13, 1935

069~N~24762

CITY085

A full house, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Josef Hofmann, November 28, 1937

306~NT~757D-01

CITY086

A huge vat of molten steel being poured into a mold at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, Pittsburgh, May 1942

208~PR~27B-02

CITY087

Mechanical crew at the Baton Rouge Esso Refinery in line for their pay checks. Photograph by Rosskam, December 1943

208~L0~14F-27

CITY088

Two oldtimers playing chess on a Central Park bench in New York City, May 1946

306~NT~726C-11

CITY089

Mustachioed male (marble bust) focuses attention on nude female (life--size marble sculpture) in a storage room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 1946

306~NT~694H-03

CITY090

Two street vendors taking time out for lunch at a makeshift table of wooden crates covered with newspaper. New York, August 1946

306~NT~958F-01

CITY091

Matronly visitor to the National Gallery Washington, D.C. scrutinizing Benvenuto Cellini's "Salt Cellar" on temporary exhibit, circa 1947

306~NT~694A-01

CITY092

A patron of "Sammy's Bowery Follies," a downtown bar, sleeping at his table while the resident cat laps at his beer. New York, December 1947

306~NT~945J-02

CITY093

Workmen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, uncrating "The Madonna of the Rosaries," a painting by Caravaggio on loan from the Austrian government, 1950

306~NT~453A-09

CITY094

Workman operating an industrial loom strung with hundreds of wool threads at Chicago's Olsen Rug Company, circa 1950

208~PR~13X-01

CITY095

Four young members of the Madison Square Boy's Club rowing a boat in a rooftop pool, Manhattan skyscrapers in the background, February 1950

306~NT~953-02

CITY096

Poster circulated in Philadelphia in 1839 to discourage the coming of the railroad. It reads in part: "Philadelphians, your RIGHTS are being invaded! regardless of your interests or the LIVES OF YOUR LITTLE ONES. THE CAMDEN AND AMBOY with the assistance of other companies without a Charter, and in VIOLATION OF LAW as decreed by your Courts, are laying a LOCOMOTIVE RAILROAD! RALLY PEOPLE in the Majesty of your Strength and forbid THIS OUTRAGE!

030~N~46-1957

CITY097

Great Railway Station at Chicago--Departure of a Train." Platform crowded with departing passengers, including several Indians. Engraving, circa 1880

208~LU~39K-1

CITY098

Terminal," by Alfred Steiglitz, 1892. Original lantern slide in the International Museum of Photography, New York

208~PR~4K-02

CITY099

A Typical Cable 'Accident' on Broadway." New York. A horse--drawn ambulance arrives on the scene where a man lies in the street after being hit by a cable car. Illustration from Leslie's Weekly, August 29,1895

030~N~49-1767

CITY100

Horse--drawn wagons and carriages, an electric trolley car, and pedestrians congest a cobblestone Philadelphia street in 1897.

030~N~36713

CITY101

Easter morning, 1900. New York City's Fifth Avenue bustling with horse--drawn traffic and two motor cars

030~N~18827

CITY102

Traffic violator driving a 1900--vintage car being stopped by a policeman on a bicycle. New York City

030~N~49-1481

CITY103

The Eighth Avenue trolley, New York City, sharing the street with horse--drawn produce wagon and an open automobile. Downtown, looking north, 1904

306~NT~762F-03

CITY104

A Pittsburgh factory where limousine bodies are built from wood, October 1912

095~G~87758

CITY105

Policeman directing downtown Chicago traffic, circa 1917

059~HP~54-04

CITY106

Pickwick stages, counterparts of modern day buses, outside Union Station, Los Angeles, awaiting passengers bound for southern Cailifornia, 1920

030~N~20893

CITY107

City officials inspecting a subway car newly equipped with ventilating devices that operate while the car's windows are closed. New York City, 1933

306~NT~671-01

CITY108

Aerial view of a traffic jam, 14th Street and the Mall, Washington, DC. April 1937

030~N~37-1360A

CITY109

Five steam locomotives, side by side, outbound from Chicago at dusk, circa 1940

208~PP~24J-07

CITY110

Rear view of an "Okie's" car, passing through Amarillo, TX. on its way west, 1941

145~AAA~7434

CITY111

The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, circa 1945

306~FS~105-23

CITY112

New York City's Sixth Avenue elevated railway and the crowded street below, circa 1940

208~EX~236-12

CITY113

Aerial view of a complex of Long Island highways that provide access to New York City, circa 1946

059~HP~40-17

CITY114

Grandmother amusing her young companion in the waiting room of the Greyhound Bus Station, New York City, July 1947

306~PS~49-14503

CITY115

Walk," "Don't Walk," "No Right Turn," "Thru Only": a complicated traffic signal to uncomplicate Washington.

306~PS~49-02682

CITY116

The Boston Massacre~." Engraving after the painting by Alonzo Chappel

030~N~31-0332

CITY117

Capture of the City of Washington," August 1814. Engraving from The History of England by Paul de Rapin --Thoyras

111~SC~96969

CITY118

The ruins of Mills House and nearby buildings, Charleston, SC. A shell--damaged carriage and the remains of a brick chimney in the foreground. 1865. Photograph by George N. Barnard

165~C~777

CITY119

Shells of the buildings of Richmond, VA, silhouetted against a dark sky after the destruction by Confederates, 1865. Mathew Brady collection

111~B~0112

CITY120

The ruins of San Francisco, still smoldering after the 1906 earthquake, taken from the tower of the Union Ferry Building. Market Street between Sacramento and Third Streets

111~SC~95087

CITY121

Water Street and Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, under 20 inches of water during the flood of March 1907

095~G~29158

CITY122

The burned--out Monticello Hotel, Norfolk, VA., and fire apparatus frosted with icicles. The New Year's Day 1918 fire was thought to be the work of enemy agents

165~WW~158A-20

CITY123

Soldiers and sailors tearing up a flag carried by Socialists during their peace demonstration in Boston

165~WW~158A-04

CITY124

Second Battalion of the IX Coast Artillery Corps demonstrating the hollow square formation used in the event of a street riot. Machinegunners in front row and troopers with rifles behind them control the street, with ranks on the sides of the square covering windows and roofs of nearby buildings. New York City, March 1918

165~WW~l58A-02A

CITY125

The wreckage of Chicago's Federal Building after the explosion of a bomb allegedly planted by the International Workers of the World (lWW) as a reprisal for the sentencing of the union's leader, "Big Bill" Haywood, and 94 other members for seditious activities, 1918

165~WW~l64B-07

CITY126

Detroit police inspecting equipment found in a clandestine underground brewery during the prohibition era

306~NT~170365c

CITY127

The Ku Klux Klan on parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington, DC. The Capitol in the background, 1928

306~NT~650-04

CITY128

Bullet--riddled taxi and the bodies of two gangsters in a New York City street after a gun battle with police, 1931

306~NT~l680l3c

CITY129

Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone. The storefront sign reads "Free Soup, Coffee and Doughnuts for the Unemployed." February 1931

306~NT~165319c

CITY130

Shacks, put up by the Bonus Army on the Anacostia flats, Washington, DC., burning after the battle with the military. The Capitol in the background, 1932

111~SC~97532

CITY131

Saint Louis children and their parents behind a police line during their protest against transfer to a school open to black children, March 1933

306~NT~l76577c

CITY132

Confrontation between a policeman wielding a night stick and a striker during the San Francisco General Strike, 1934

306~NT~094692

CITY133

Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis, June 1934

306~NT~093410

CITY134

Mounted police clashing with strikers, one carrying an American flag, outside an electrical plant in Philadelphia, 1946

306~NT~006036v

CITY135

A member of the United Financial Employees, on strike in 1948, heckling a businessman who crossed the picket line. New York

306~NT~1363H-1

CITY136

Joseph Basile, hiding his face with his coat, under arrest in connection with the seizure of $25 million worth of narcotics. Chief of Detectives William T. Whalen standing near him with some of the confiscated drugs. New York City, February 1949

306~NT~1375-2

CITY137

Kansas City, KS" by Henry Tanner. Watercolor 10 x 14. 1897

200~SAI~091-11

CITY138

Brooklyn Bridge" by Joseph Stella. Oil. 84" x 76," circa 1917--18. Original in Yale University Art Gallery

208~PR~4DD-02

CITY139

Backyards, Greenwich Village" by John Sloan. Oil. 26 x 32. 1914. Original in Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

208~PR~4R-03

CITY140

Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Avenue" by John Sloan. Oil. 30 x 40. 1928. Original in Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

208~PR~4R-04

CITY141

A City of Towers" by Arthur Diggs. Oil. circa 1929

200~HN~DIG-4

CITY142

Bryant Square" by John Marin. Oil on canvas. 21" x 26." 1932. Original in Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

208~PR~5E-01

CITY143

City at Evening" by Lee Gatch. Oil on canvas. 18" x 25." 1933. Original in Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

306~PS~50-12505

CITY144

Atlanta landscape by Hale Woodruff. Oil. 1936

200~HN~WO-01

CITY145

Douglass Square, Boston" by Allan Crite. Oil. 20" x 24." 1936

200~HN~CRI-15

CITY146

Power Plant, Harlem" by Aaron Douglas. Oil. 1939.

200~HN~DOU-8

CITY147

Baltimore" by Palmer Hayden. Watercolor

200~HN~HAY(P)-6

CITY148

Basin Street" by Palmer Hayden. Oil

200~HN~HAY(P)-7

CITY149

Brooklyn Bridge" by Warren L. Harris. Watercolor

200~HN~HAR(W)-1

CITY150

Brownstones in Winter" by Ellis Wilson. Oil

200~HN~WIL(E)-52

CITY151

Old Charleston Houses" by Ellis Wilson. Oil

200~HN~WIL(E)-35

CITY152

Park Street, Boston" by Karl Zerbe. Encaustic on canvas 30 x 36. 1942. Original in Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

208~PR~4Z-01

CITY153

Morning Subway" by Joseph Delaney. Oil. 23" x 20"s 1953

200~SAI~020-03

CITY154

Crap Game" by Harold Dorsey. Oil. 18 x 24. 1954

200~SAI~021-09

CITY155

Gathering Storm Over Philadelphia" by Louis B. Sloan. Oil. 39" x 49"

200~SAI~086-06

CITY156

The Arrival" by Benny Andrews. Oil and collage. 96" x 50." 1960

200~SAI~001-17

CITY157

City Scape" by James Mathis. Oil. 1964

200~SAI~059-14

CITY158

My Son, My Son" by Buford Evans. Oil. 36" x 48" 1968

200~SAI~025-11

CITY159

The Great American Subway" by Mahler B. Ryder. Ink on paper. 24" x 17" 1969

200~SAI~082-04

CITY160

Asunder" (Tenement Series) by Shirley Bolton. Acrylic on canvas. 28" x 34" 1970

200~SAI~011-09

CITY161

Renovation" (Tenement Series) by Shirley Bolton. Acrylic on masonite. 24" x 36" 1970

200~SAI~011a-02

CITY162

Black and White Ghetto" by James Malone. Acrylic. 2 x 4

200~SAI~058-15

CITY163

Carnival New Orleans" by Walter Williams. Oil. 24" x 30"

200~SAI~103-18

CITY164

Deserted Street" by Jessie Smith. Oil. 30" x 16"

200~SAI~087-09

CITY165

From New York to Jersey." By Yvonne Catchings. Oil. 24" x 36"

200~SAI~016-01

CITY166

Ghetto Children" by Jack Jordan. Watercolor

200~SAI~048-18

CITY167

Ghetto Headlines" by James Malone. Collage. 24" x 24."

200~SAI~058-19

CITY168

Rooftop Virtuoso" by Hayward Oubre. Oil--resin. 34" x 26."

200~SAI~070-15

CITY169

Swing Low Ghetto Church" by James Malone. Oil. 5 x 2--1/2

200~SAI~059-07

CITY170

White Ghetto" by James Malone. Acrylic. 2 x 4

200~SAI~059-10

CITYCover

New York City at night, ca. 1935

306~NT~174.352c