Shot tower and old Dutch house, East River and East 53rd Street, New York City, 1898.

The Robert L. Bracklow Photograph Collection spans the period from 1882-1918 and contains photonegatives, copy prints, and original photographic prints of Bracklow's photographs of New York City, its immediate environs, and towns throughout New England. Bracklow's photographs often show elements of Manhattan in flux: old houses, new skyscrapers, and buildings in different stages of construction. The handmade albums showcase Coney Island, Fort Washington, the 1899 Dewey celebration, naval parades along the Hudson, and newsboys hawking Spanish-American War bulletins. Also documented are excursio... Mehr ...