Three days of rioting protested the Union Army Civil War draft which favored the rich at the expence of the poor.

Views of Manhattan waterfront

Views of Manhattan below 34th Street.

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Views of Manhattan from 34th Street to Central Park

Views of Central Park

Pictures of the Upper East Side

Pictures of places of worship and the residences of the Walsh/Langan clan in New York City

For general information about and pictures of life in the tenements, click on the image of the laundry in the tenement yards.

Information and images of the 1904 General Slocum Boat Fire

The subways, highways, trains, etc.

With only two exceptions, the Blanck/Land ancestors immigrated through New York City between 1849 and 1921. For pictures and information on immigration into New York City, click on the picture of immigrants in Castle Gardens in 1880

The Kettlers (a Blanck branch) and the Petermanns (a Land branch) lived in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. For early photos of Red Hook click on the photo of the Brooklyn Bridge

A Bird's Eye View of the City of New York

GLEASON'S PICTORIAL DRAWING ROOM COMPANION

Between 1851 and 1855. Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion was first published in 1851. In 1854 the name was changed to Ballou's Pictorial.

This is a view from Union Square showing the newer development of the city as it spread north. Another eBay listing for this image dates it to May 15, 1852.

The following series of photo were taken from Harper's Weekly July 29, 1899. The article deals with a strike of trolly employees.

One of the greatest avenues in the city- Second Avenue- was the scene of the wildest disorder known in New York City in many years. Fully fifty thousand persons thronged its length on the first night of the strike. The police made dozens of charges on the lawless element in the crowds, and every time some one was hurt.

Not until nightfall did the rioting begin in earnest. Spikes were driven into the cable slots, employees were beaten, policemen were assaulted, and cars were wrecked partly. Repeated charges of the police, in which many persons were injured, conquered the mos, and by 11 P.M. the avenue was deserted. The next might the street was almost empty, and several small boys are said to have thrown stones at policemen. Women and children had been among the most persistent rioters the night before.

Thanks to my daughter-in-law, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, for making me aware of this great collections of New York images