The earliest forms of mass transit in the City were the horse-cars, which were trolleys pulled by horses. Then came street railways, which in Manhattan were elevated. These would have been the main means of mass transit before the subway began operating around the turn of the 20th century. Horse drawn cabs were ubiquitous until they were replaced by motor powered ones.
Most people in the late 1800s did not travel around cities/metros as we do today. They lived closer to where they worked and mostly walked to their jobs or to their do their errands/keep appointments. Here, below is a collection of 30 amazing vintage photographs that capture street scenes of New York City from between the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Central Park, near the Sixth Avenue and 59th Street entrance, 1864 |
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Wall Street, around 1872 |
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Brooklyn Bridge, 1873 |
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Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1880 |
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Mott Street, about 1890 |
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Jacob Riis Park, Rockaway Beach, 1897 |
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Wall Street and Nassau Street (statue of George Washington), 1900 |
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Broad Street (on the left is the JPMorgan Office), 1900 |
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Broadway and West 34th Street, 1901 |
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The Williamsburg Bridge under construction, 1903 |
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Central Park, showing the pond at 110th Street and the Botanical Gardens, 1906 |
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Marble Hill Avenue and West 227th Street, 1906 |
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Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, 1910 |
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Nassau Street and Wall Street (showing the under-construction Bankers Trust Building and the Hanover National Bank Building), 1911 |
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West 88th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, 1911 |
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Oriental Boulevard (showing the Manhattan Beach Hotel), 1911 |
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Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, 1912 |
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Maiden Lane and Pearl Street, 1914 |
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William Street and Maiden Lane, 1915 |
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Queensboro Bridge Connection, 1917 |
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White Plains Road and Burke Ave, around 1917 |
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62nd Street between Second and Third Avenues, 1917 |
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Park Avenue and 51st Street, 1917 |
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The Victory Arch on Fifth Avenue and 25th Street, 1918 |
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48th Street and First Avenue, 1918 |
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Eighth Avenue and 130th Street, 1920 |
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West 111th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues, 1920 |
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Broadway and 34th Street, 1921 |
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150th Street, 1922 |
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38th Avenue between Main and Union Streets, 1922 |
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