York Collection (page 6)

View of the Rockefeller Center and Downtown New York City
View of the Rockefeller Center looking Downtown, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York State, USA. Aerial photograph. Date: circa 1940

General George Washington swearing in as President at the old city hall of New York. Lithography of 1789. Litography

Poster, Scotts flight from England to Australia
Poster, Royal Matinee, Queens Hall, London, CWA Scott AFC will tell his graphic story of the flight from England to Australia in under 3 days

York Beach, Maine. Date c1901

Marie Wells in Jim Jam Jems, New York, 1921
Marie Wells in Jim Jam Jems a new play at the Cort Theatre, New York, 1921. She is wearing an evening dress of jade green satin, with skirt cleverly draped so as to show the jade green pantalettes

The American actress Grace La Rue, New York, 1921. She is appearing in Dear Me at the Republic Theatre, New York. Date: 1921

Grand Reception of Kossuth. The Champion of Hungarian Independence at City Hall, New York. December 6th 1851. Date: December 6th 1851

Town Topics rehearsal in New York
Theatrical, Ned Wayburns Rehearsal for Town Topics. The ladies chorus dressing room of an unidentified theatre with women pictured in various stages of dressing and grooming. Date: c. 1915

York Shambles
The Shambles Date: circa 1909

Verrazano Bridge
The Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, (Staten Island - Brooklyn), New York, U.S.A. The upper level opened 21 November 1964, the lower opened 28 June 1969. Date: 1960s

New York Snow Scene
Parked vehicles, abandoned in deep snow during bad winter weather which has lasted for over 2 months. A costly headache for snow removers in New York, U.S.A. Date: 1960s

York Minster
The Minster Date: circa 1909

Air Scouts learning to glide
Two Scouts sit in a Slingsby T.21 while another Scout connects it to a cable prior to launch at the first Air Scout Gliding Course at Lasham. An Avro York G-ANTK can also be seen in the background

British soldiers in trench, Oppy-Gavrelle line, France, WW1
Two men of the York and Lancashire Regiment in a trench on the 62nd Division front, Oppy-Gavrelle line, northern France, during the First World War

New York State - Fort Ticonderoga. The fort (formerly Fort Carillon) is a large 18th-century fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York

Paradise Room at Reisenwebers, New York
The Paradise Room at Reisenweber s, Columbus Circle, New York. One of the most beautiful Ballrooms in America designed by Joseph Urban with panels by Raphael Kirchner. Date: 1920s

Advert for The New Yorker Magazine, 1925, New York Date: 1925

Costume design by Georges Barbier for the Valentino film Monsieur Beaucaire, 1925 Date: 1925

DeLara Cigar Factory, New York
Building, DeLara Cigar factory, 382 South Street. DeLara Cigar factory at 382 South Street; sign advertising building for sale visible

Cycling in New York
New Woman. Female bicyclist and onlookers on Riverside Drive, near Grants tomb

Hotel Bretton Hall, New York
Hotel Bretton Hall on Broadway and 86th Street, New York City, America

St. Denis Hotel, New York
St. Denis Hotel on Broadway and 11th Street, New York City, America

Howard Johnsons Restaurant, Saratoga Springs, New York on route 9, America

White Star to New York
Poster for the White Star Line to New York featuring the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the Britannic and Titanic) in New York harbour with the Woolworth Building in the background

Princess Elizabeth of York in the garden
Princess Elizabeth of York (now Queen Elizabeth II) taken at the Yorks London residence, 145, Piccadilly in 1936 with two of her corgis

Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
A portrait of Greta Garbo on her yacht off Catalina Island. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was spotted whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz

Head Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York
Illustration showing the exterior of the Head Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York, 1900

The Mutual Life Insurance Company Offices, London, 1900
Illustration showing the exterior of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York Offices (on right) in Cornhill, London, 1900

Broadway, New York, 1945
Photograph showing the lights of Broadway, New York, at night in 1945. After war-time austerity, these lights signalled an up-swing in American recreation

The Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883
Engraving showing the walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883. This image, showing the view from the centre of the bridge towards the shore

French Liner Normandie leaving Le Havre, May 1935
Photograph of the French luxury liner, Normandie, leaving Le Havre on her maiden voyage. When she arrived in New York, 4 days and three hours later, she had captured the Blue Riband quite easily

Election Returns, USA
A crowd gathers outside the office of the New York Herald newspaper to read the election returns; they have to be kept in order by police officers

Bacup Coconut Dancers
NUTTERS DANCE:(Lancashire) Britannia Bacup Coconut dancers, York Summer Festival. In order that their spell may be more effective they black their faces in disguise

1782-5 Map of New York
A map of New York

New York City Depression
A scene in New York during the depression following the Wall Street Crash in 1929. Essential supplies are handed out to a line of impoverished citzens

Queen Elizabeth in 1940
She anchors beside her elder sister, Queen Mary, in the docks at New York, for safety during World War Two : both will be used for wartime purposes

Holland Submarine 1900
Irish inventor Holland, funded by the Fenians, produces a succession of successful submarines in America; the Holland is shown at anchor in New York harbour

Richard (Dick) Turpin
The daring highwayman who made a dash from London to York, riding his mare, Black Bess

NY Subway Passengers 1
Typical passengers on the New York subway (1 of 3)

Stain Glass St Stephen
Saint Stephen wears a many- coloured dream coat in this window in York minster

Top English Clergy
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, together with other top English clergy, at the coronation of George V

Titanic / Southampton 1912
A bad omen: as the Titanic leaves Southampton, the steamer New York accidentally breaks its moorings. Captain Smith stops Titanics engines and a collision is avoided

Bushnells Submarine
BUSHNELLs TURTLE the first submersible craft to be used in action, attacking a British ship at New York on 7 September 1776; the one-man crew provided the power manually !

New York / Street Scene
New York: street scene with traffic and skyscrapers

BOILERS
Babcock & Wilcox boilers at the Standard Oil Companys refinery at Greenpoint, Long Island, New York [USA]

The Biltmore Hotel, New York, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Advert for Rowntrees York Chocolate, 1926 Date: 1926

Yeichi Nimura, Japanese dancer in Broadway Nights, a new New York revue, 1929 Date: 1929

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