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Browse NYC historical photos at the Museum of the City of New York – Photography collection at the Brooklyn Historical Society

  1. Edward Anthony

    1819 – 1888

    Posted in NYC 1800s.
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  2. Victor Prevost

    1820 – 1881

    Posted in NYC 1800s.
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  3. Charles DeForest Fredericks

    1823 – 1894

    Posted in Cuba, Dakota, NYC 1800s, Paris, Venezuela.
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  4. Jacob Riis

    1849 – 1914

    Posted in Housing, NYC 1800s, Water.

  5. Alfred Stieglitz

    1864 – 1946

    Posted in NYC 1800s.
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  6. George Grantham Bain

    1865 – 1944

    Posted in NYC 1910s.
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  7. Jessie Tarbox Beals

    1870 – 1942

    Websites
    Collection at the New York Historical Society

    Posted in Boston, Heads of State, Housing, NYC 1910s.

  8. Lewis Hine

    1874 – 1940

    Posted in 1914 - 18 WWI, Child Labor, Drought, NYC 1930s, Pittsburgh, Steel.
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    Alvin Langdon Coburn

    1882 – 1966

    Posted in London, NYC 1910s.
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  10. Clara E. Sipprell

    1885 – 1975

    Posted in Buffalo, NYC 1910s.
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    Karl Strauss

    1886 – 1981

    Posted in NYC 1910s.
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  12. James Van Der Zee

    1886 – 1983

    Posted in Harlem Renaissance, New York City.
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    Percy Loomis Sperr

    1890 – 1964

    Websites
    NY Public Library

    Posted in NYC 1920s, NYC 1930s, NYC 1940s.
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  14. Paul Strand

    1890 – 1976

    Posted in Ghana, Italy, México, Na h-Eileanan Siar (Outer Hebrides), NYC 1910s.
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  15. Frank Oscar Larson

    1896 – 1964

    Posted in NYC 1950s.
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  16. Berenice Abbot

    1898 – 1991

    Posted in Automotive, Literature, Maine, NYC 1930s, Painters + Sculptors.
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  17. Ben Shahn

    1898 – 1969

    Websites
    Harvard's searchable gallery

    Posted in 1929 - 40 Great Depression, Arkansas, NYC 1930s, Ohio.
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  18. Ralph Steiner

    1899 – 1986

    Posted in NYC 1920s, Vermont.
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    Charles Peterson

    1900 – 1976

    Websites
    Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson at Amazon

    Posted in Jazz, NYC 1930s, NYC 1940s.
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  20. Lisette Model

    1901 – 1983

    Websites
    National Gallery of Canada

    Posted in France, NYC 1940s, NYC 1950s.
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  21. Lucien Aigner

    1901 – 1999

    Posted in Hungary, NYC 1930s, NYC 1940s, Paris.

  22. Walker Evans

    1903 – 1975

    Websites
    Artnet

    Posted in 1929 - 40 Great Depression, African-American Civil Rights Movement, Alabama, Cuba, NYC 1930s.
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  23. Aaron Siskind

    1903 – 1991

    Posted in Chicago, NYC 1930s.
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  24. Andreas Feininger

    1906 – 1999

    Posted in NYC 1940s, NYC 1950s.
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  25. Willard Van Dyke

    1906 – 1986

    Posted in NYC 1930s.
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    Leon Levinstein

    1910 – 1998

    Posted in NYC 1950s, NYC 1960s, NYC 1970s, NYC 1980s.
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  27. Lou Bernstein

    1911 – 2005

    Posted in NYC 1930s, NYC 1940s.
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    Brett Weston

    1911 – 1993

    Posted in Japan, NYC 1950s, San Fransisco.
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  29. Gordon Parks

    1912 – 2006

    Posted in 1929 - 40 Great Depression, NYC 1960s.
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  30. Eve Arnold

    1912 – 2012

    Posted in Afghanistan, African-American Civil Rights Movement, China, England, Hollywood, Migrant Labor, NYC 1940s, South Africa, Soviet Union / Russia.
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  31. Harry Callahan

    1912 – 1999

    Posted in Chicago, NYC 1970s.
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  32. Sid Grossman

    1913 – 1955

    Posted in Labor Union, NYC 1930s, NYC 1940s.
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  33. Helen Levitt

    1913 – 2009

    Posted in Children, NYC 1930s, NYC 1940s, NYC 1950s, NYC 1960s.

  34. Sol Libsohn

    1914 – 2001

    Posted in 1929 - 40 Great Depression, Circus + Fairs, Guatemala, NYC 1930s, Oil, Trucking.
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  35. Homer Page

    1918 – 1985

    Posted in NYC 1940s, Trachoma, Yaws.

  36. Roy DeCarava

    1919 – 2009

    Posted in Jazz, NYC 1950s.
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  37. Diane Arbus

    1923 – 1971

    Posted in NYC 1960s.

  38. Fred J. Maroon

    1924 – 2001

    Posted in Egypt, Heads of State, NYC 1950s, Washington DC.
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  39. Robert Frank

    Born: 1924

    Posted in Caribbean, NYC 1960s, Peru.

  40. Joe Alper

    Born: 1925

    Posted in Folk, Jazz, NYC 1960s.

  41. Bill Cunningham

    Born: 1928

    Posted in New York City.

  42. Garry Winograd

    1928 – 1984

    Posted in NYC 1960s, NYC 1970s.

  43. Leonard Freed

    1929 – 2006

    Posted in 1973 Yom Kippur War, African-American Civil Rights Movement, NYC 1970s.
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  44. Bob Adelman

    Born: 1930

    Posted in African-American Civil Rights Movement, Art, Jazz, NYC 1960s.

  45. Harold Feinstein

    Born: 1931

    Posted in NYC 1940s.

  46. William Gedney

    1932 – 1989

    Websites
    Duke University

    Posted in India, Kansas, Kentucky, Mining + Metallurgy + Drilling, Music, NYC 1950s, NYC 1960s, NYC 1970s, San Fransisco.

  47. Max Kozloff

    Born: 1933

    Posted in NYC 1970s.
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  48. Bruce Davidson

    Born: 1933

    Posted in African-American Civil Rights Movement, Hunger, NYC 1950s, NYC 1980s.
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    LeRoy W. Henderson

    Born: 1936

    Posted in African-American Civil Rights Movement, NYC 1980s.

  50. Danny Lyon

    Born: 1942

    Websites
    Bleak Beauty

    Posted in African-American Civil Rights Movement, China, Family, Haiti, Motorcycle, NYC 1960s, Prison.
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  51. Sylvia Plachy

    Born: 1943

    Posted in NYC 1990s, Sex Industry.

  52. Chester Higgins, Jr.

    Born: 1946

    Posted in Alabama, Brazil, Children, Cuba, Egypt, Elderly, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Jazz, Maine, Mali, México, New Mexico, NYC 1970s, Senegal, Sudan, Suriname.
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  53. Bruce Gilden

    Born: 1946

    Posted in 2007 - 11 Foreclosure / Financial Crisis, Detroit, Florida, Gangs, NYC 1970s, NYC 1990s, NYC 2000s.
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  54. Jules Allen

    Born: 1947

    Posted in NYC 1980s, NYC 1990s.

  55. Joseph Rodriguez

    Born: 1950

    Posted in Los Angeles, México, México > U.S., New Orleans, NYC 1980s.

  56. Mitch Epstein

    Born: 1952

    Posted in India, NYC 1970s, Vietnam.

  57. Alex Webb

    Born: 1952

    Websites
    Interview with Marek Grygiel and Adam Mazur

    Posted in 2001 September 11 attacks, Cuba, Haiti, México, NYC 1980s, Turkey.
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  58. Ozier Muhammad

    Born: 1958

    Posted in NYC 1980s, NYC 1990s.

  59. Sophie Elbaz

    Born: 1960

    Posted in 1991 - 95 Yugoslav Wars, Cuba, India, México, NYC 1980s.
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  60. Jamel Shabazz

    Posted in Music, NYC 1980s.
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    Zoe Leonard

    Born: 1961

    Posted in NYC 2000s.
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  62. Bettina Johae

    Posted in NYC 2000s.

  63. Thomas Holton

    Born: 1985

    Posted in NYC 2000s.

  64. Google Street View

    Born: 2007

    Websites
    2007 Pop Mechanics article
    GSV images of Paris and New York grabbed by Michael Wolf
    GSV images grabbed by John Rafman
    GSV images grabbed by Nicholas Mason for his Versificator project
    GSV images grabbed by Doug Rickard

    Posted in Baltimore, Barcelona, Berlin, Cancún, Cape Town, Chicago, Cologne, Durban, East London, Edinburgh, Florence, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Guadalajara, Hamburg, Hiroshima, Johannesburg, Lake Cuomo, Lille, London, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Monterrey, Munich, Nice, NYC 2000s, Paris, Port Elizabeth, Prague, Pretoria, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, São Paulo, Seattle, Seville, Sydney, Toulouse, Valencia, Washington DC.