Vintage New York

The following images are from Vintage New York, an exhibit originally created by the New Rochelle Council on The Arts in 1998 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the joining of New York's five boroughs into one great metropolis. Vintage New York chronicles the first one hundred years of this great city's people, events, and landmarks.

Note that the two dozen images below are only a sample of the over one hundred 19th and early 20th century engravings, etchings, and photographs in the exhibit. The exhibition is available for loan to museums, arts organizations, educational institutions, private corporations, and others who have a use for its resources. Inquiries regarding the availability of the show and about replicas of images from Vintage New York should be addressed c/o Dolice, 649 East 9th Street, Apt C-2, New York, NY 10009. tech-man@rcn.com.

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Blizzard of 1888	First & Bowery	Brewery Truck
Brooklyn Bridge Footpath	Union Square Demonstration	Fire Engine Explosion
Fifth Avenue Mansions	Iron Fire Escapes	Franklin Square El
Herald Square	The Little Church Around the Corner	Lower East Side
Madison Square Garden	New York Harbor	Old New York
Organ Grinder	New York Skyline	Squatters
Tenements	Third Avenue El	Urban Ruins
Wall Street Panic

These images are from Vintage New York, an exhibit created by the New Rochelle Council on The Arts; Thea Eichler, Program Chairman. It was funded with the assistance a grant from the Michael and Helen Schaffer Foundation.