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Columbus Circle and one of the entrances to Central Park, New York City, New York, USA, 1933. Vintage linen postcard showing Columbus Circle and one of the entrances to Central Park looking east. The New York skyline, and the Sherry, Netherlands and Pierre hotels are visible in the background. Columbus Circle is a trafic circle laid out by William P Eno in 1905. At its centre is a monument designed by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo which was erected in 1892 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6800952 		Luna Park, Coney Island, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard view showing Luna Park crowded with visitors. The Gyroplane ride is at the center of the image. Luna Park was an amusement park that operated on Coney Island from 1903 until 1944. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6801008 		Winter Garden and Broadway, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard showing a bird's eye view of Broadway and the Winter Garden. Cars, trams and pedestrians are visible. The Winter Garden was a theatre that opened in 1895. It was demolished in 1935. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
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The Metropolitan Life Tower, New York City, New York, USA, 1933. Vintage linen postcard showing the Metropolitan Life Building at Madison Avenue and 23rd Street. The park in the foreground is Madison Square Park. The building was built as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1909. It was designed by Napoleon LeBrun & Sons and was modelled on the Campanile of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. The tower was the tallest building in the world until 1913 when it was surpassed by the Woolworth Building. It served as the company's headquarters until 2005. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6800967 		Early 20th century New York: gondolas in Central Park. Painted photographic postcard. Pre-1st World War. Dvorák. © Lebrecht / The Image Works
ELEB0051027 		Riverside Park, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard showing a bird's eye view of the park. Riverside Park, a waterfront park on Manhattan's Upper West Side, was laid out between 1870 and 1910. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
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Aquarium and Battery Park, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard showing the exterior of the aquarium in Battery Park. Battery Park is a 25 acre public park at the southern tip of Manhattan Island. It is named for the artillery battery that used to be stationed there. The New York City Aquarium was housed in Castle Garden, an old fort, from 1896 until 1941. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6801016 		Broadway from Bowling Green, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard. Skyscrapers line the street and a tram is in the centre of the image. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6801017 		The West Street and North River Piers, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard showing West Street is teeming with traffic. The Hudson or North River is in the distance. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
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Nassau Street North from Liberty Street, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard showing Nassau Street filled with pedestrians. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6801014 		Early 20th century New York: Stock Exchange and Wall Street. Painted photographic postcard. Pre-1st World War. Dvorák. © Lebrecht / The Image Works
ELEB0051043 		Skyline of downtown New York City as seen from Hudson River, New York, USA, 1933. Vintage linen postcard. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
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Bronx, New York:1951. Yankee Stadium. Vintage linen postcard showing the stadium filled to capacity on game day. The stadium was home to the New York Yankees baseball team from 1923 until 2008. In 2009 the team moved to a new stadium next door, with the original one to be demolished with the site converted to parkland. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works<br>Please note that this image contains a half tone screen
EHIP6800929 		Early 20th century New York: the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. Painted photographic postcard. Pre-1st World War. Dvorák. © Lebrecht / The Image Works
ELEB0051034 		St Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, New York, USA, 1951. Vintage linen postcard showing a bird's eye view of the Catholic St Patrick's Cathedral, located on Fifth Avenue at the corner of 50th Street, and the surrounding buildings. It was built in Neo-Gothic style between 1858 and 1878. © Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
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Tudor City, showing Welfare Island and East River, New York City, New York, USA, 1933. Vintage linen postcard showing Tudor City with its handsome residential apartments on one side, businesses and commerce on the other. Looking north from 42nd Street up the East River. Tudor City is a residential development built between 1927 and 1932 by real estate developer Fred F French, who portrayed the apartment complex to prospective clients as an urban utopia. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6800954 		'The Financial Center of the World, New York City', 1933. Vintage linen postcard showing a bird's eye view of the financial district of New York, with skyscrapers including the Empire State Building and 40 Wall Street (today known as the Trump Building). New York Harbour is in the distance. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6800948 		Early 20th century New York: the Observatory in Central Park. Painted photographic postcard. Pre-1st World War. Dvorák. © Lebrecht / The Image Works
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Grand Central Station, New York City 4/5/1905 ©Mary Evans Picture Library / The Image Works
EMEP0047681 		Main Concourse of Grand Central Station, New York, 1933. Vintage linen postcard showing the interior of the station with its huge arched windows and stone columns. The largest railway station in the world by number of platforms, Grand Central Terminal was built between 1903 and 1913. It was designed by architectural firms Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6800945 		Witching Waves, Coney Island, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard showing the Witching Waves ride at Coney island. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
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Times Square, New York City, New York, USA, 1951. Vintage postcard showing a general view of Times Square, the giant billboards, pedestrians, traffic and buildings. © Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6800923 		New York, New York: Fifth Avenue on Sunday Morning. Photo postcard, coloured, c1910. ©akg-images / The Image Works<br>
EAKG0070767 		Early 20th century New York: Madison Square Garden. Painted photographic postcard. Pre-1st World War. Dvorák. © Lebrecht / The Image Works
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Brighton Beach Hotel, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard showing the hotel and grounds in the background and guests strolling and sitting along the boardwalk. The development of Brighton Beach as a seaside resort was begun in 1868 by William A Engeman with the hotel as its centrepiece. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6801002 		Early 20th century New York: Vine Arch Bridge in Central Park. Painted photographic postcard. Pre-1st World War. Dvorák. © Lebrecht / The Image Works
ELEB0051031 		Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA, 1937. Vintage linen postcard showing the Brooklyn Bridge. The view from the Brooklyn side shows the latest skyscrapers of downtown Manhattan. Designed by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869) who died of Tetanus (Lockjaw) sixteen days after his foot was crushed in an accident on 6 July 1869 during early work in the construction, the bridge was completed by his son Washington Augustus Roebling (1837-1926) and was opened in 1883. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
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A holiday crowd on Surf Avenue, Coney Island, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard showing the streets crowded with people and cars. Feltman's restaurant is on the right and the Luna Park amusement park is seen on the left. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
EHIP6801006 		New York, New York: Flatiron Building, 23rd Street and Broadway, New York's first skyscraper by D.H.Burnham constructed in 1902, twenty story building. Picture postcard (photo, colored), 1903. ©akg-images / The Image Works<br>
EAKG0070830 		The East River, New York City, New York, USA, 1933. Vintage linen postcard showing a bird's eye view of the East River. In the foreground is the Brooklyn Bridge and behind it are the Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges. ©Curt Teich Postcard Archives / HIP / The Image Works
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