New York City Stereoviews-Original Images of NYC | Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics

NYC15. E&HT Anthony. No. 4625. N.Y. State Arsenal, 7th Ave. and 35th St. VG. $25

NYC25. No ID. No. 16. Fulton Ferry Boat. Title list on verso. VG. $40

NYC27. E. Anthony. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views. No. 50. Broadway from Fulton St.-Columns of St. Paul’s Church on the left. VG. $125

NYC28. E. Anthony. [Copyright Secured] label. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 3. Tow Boat and Sail Boats. G. $50

NYC30. E. Anthony, although unlabeled. This is Anthony’s Instantaneous View No. 196. Floating Baths and Sourroundings. Manuscript title in French on verso “Etablishmens de bains dans la baie de New-York.” VG. $100

NYC35. E. Anthony. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views. No. 4. Tow Boats and Ferry Boat. VG. $100

NYC36. E. Anthony. [Copyright Secured] label. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 233. View of the City Hall and Park from Murray Street. VG. $100

NYC37. E. Anthony. [Copyright Secured] label. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 108. Steamtugs and Small Sloop under Rapid Headway. VG. $125

NYC43. E. Anthony, although unlabeled. This is Anthony’s Instantaneous View No. 100. Schooner Under Full Sail in New-York Bay. Manuscript title in French on verso “Amerique de Nord, La baie de New-York.” VG. $85

NYC44. E. Anthony. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 19. The Regatta, July 4th, 1859. Preparing for the Start. VG. $125

NYC46. E. Anthony. [Copyright Secured] label. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 115. Propeller with High Pressure Engine Moving Rapidly Across the Field of View. VG. $100

NYC48. E. Anthony. [Copyright Secured] label. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 106. Steamer Running to Harlem and Mott Haven from Peck Slip, N. York. VG. $125

NYC52. E. Anthony. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 27. Broadway. VG. $100

NYC55. E. Anthony. [Copyright Secured] label. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 243. Waiting for the Regatta, July 4, 1859. VG. $45

NYC58. E&HT Anthony. No. 3926. Looking up Broadway from the corner of Fulton St. showing the ruins of Barnum’s Museum. VG. $85

NYC66. E. Anthony. No. 8. Steamtug Towing a Schooner to Sea. Copyright Secured label. VG. $125

NYC72. E&HT Anthony. No. 5805. Entrance to the Academy of Design. VG. $40

NYC73. E&HT Anthony. No. 4110. Rev. Dr. Bellows’ Church, Fourth Avenue. VG. $35

NYC78. E&HT Anthony. No. 8045. Fifth Avenue, looking North from Madison Square. VG. $50

NYC80. E&HT Anthony. No. 4626. Calvary Church, 4th Avenue and 22d Street. VG. $35

NYC83. E&HT Anthony. No. 5902. The Sound Steamer “Bristol.” G+. $15

NYC92. E&HT Anthony. Printing House Square, NY. Views of New York and Vicinity by the New Gelatine-Bromide Process. VG. $20

NYC94. E&HT Anthony. No. 4625. N.Y. State Arsenal, 7th Ave. and 35th St. VG. $18

NYC95. E&HT Anthony. No. 7955. High Bridge from the North. VG. $25

NYC100. [E&HT Anthony], although unlabeled. This is No. 5085. City Hospital and grounds, from the south. G+. $25

NYC103. E&HT Anthony. No. 443. Fourth of July in and about New York. Scene on the Bay during the Regatta. E. $65

NYC104. E&HT Anthony. No. 6600. Pike’s Opera House, corner 23d Street and Eighth Ave. VG. $20

NYC106. E&HT Anthony. No. 3940. Looking along the Docks, from Fulton Market, showing Floating Grain Elevators. G+. $50

NYC107. E&HT Anthony. No. 2049. View in New-York Harbor, taken from the Battery. VG. $85

NYC110. E&HT Anthony. No. 6289. Washington Monument, Union Square. VG. $30

NYC112. E&HT Anthony. No. 2125. Fleet of Vessels-New York Bay Scene. VG. $50

NYC113. E&HT Anthony. No. 8036. Residence of A.T. Stewart, 34d Street and 5th Ave. G+. $15

NYC119. E&HT Anthony. No. 8055. A.T. Stewart’s New Store. VG. $20

NYC123. No ID. Stereographs of New York City. N.Y. Elevated R.R. VG. $75

NYC125. E. Anthony. Copyright Secured label. No. 102. Ferry Boat Crossing to Brooklyn. 1859 copyright line on bottom recto. VG. $85

NYC126. E. Anthony. No. 234. View of the City Hall and Park from Murray Street. VG. $85

NYC130. E. Anthony. Copyright Secured label. No. 9. Group of Vessels Under Sail. 1859 copyright line on bottom recto. VG. $75

NYC131. E. Anthony. No. 316. Broadway from Corner of Murray St., Looking North. VG. $65

NY147. E. Anthony. No. 11. New-York from Brooklyn Heights. VG. $150

NY148. E. Anthony. No. 22. Scene on the East River, Near Hellgate. A Schooner Under Full Sail. G. $25

NY149. E. Anthony. No. 197. Schooner and Steamer, with Governors Island in the Distance. Copyright Secured label. 1859 copyright line on bottom recto. VG. $100

NY156. No ID. Roosevelt Hospital, New York. VG. $45

NYC157. No ID. Metropolitan Elevated Railway, 14th St. Station. VG. $45

NYC161. John P. Soule. Instantaneous Photographs of New York Harbor. No. 300. North River-from the Battery-New York. VG. $50

NYC165. E&HT Anthony. Public Buildings in New York City, and Vicinity. No. 8035. Young Men’s Christian Association Building-cor. 23d St. and 4th Ave. E. $40

NYC166. No ID. Roman Catholic Cathedral, Fifth Avenue. This is St. Patrick’s Cathedral under construction. Title listing on verso. VG. $75

NYC173. American Series. NY Entrance of New York & Brooklyn Bridge. VG. $15

NYC174. No ID. Rectory St. George’s, NYC. Early ivory mt. VG. $30

NYC176. [Joseph Hall, Brooklyn] although not labeled. The Academy of Design, Fourth Av., New York. G+. $20

NYC182. CW Woodward, Rochester. New York City and Vicinity. 1404. Shipping Scene. VG. $35

NY190. Stereoscopic Gems of Brooklyn & Vicinity. Holy Trinity-Clinton St. Brooklyn. VG. $35

NY219. E. Anthony 1859. Copyright Secured label. No. 231. Broadway from Murray Street, Looking North. VG. $125

NY221. E&HT Anthony. No. 1655. Worth Monument. East front view. G. $25

NY233. [E&HT Anthony]. 11288. N.Y. City. Elevated R.R. VG. $50

NY239. [Joseph Hall, Manufacturing Photographer, Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY]. Labeled on back Geo. W. Thorne. Bank of New York, Wall St., N.Y. VG. $45

NY268. E&HT Anthony. No. 5077. Looking up Broadway from the corner of Broome St. G. $35

NY281. E&HT Anthony. No. 5175. Broadway, Looking North from the Foot Bridge. VG. $50

NY299. Anthony’s Instantaneous Views. No. 287. 1859 Copyright Secured label. New-York Bay Scenes. Hauling in the Sheet. VG. $125

NY302. E&HT Anthony. Anthony’s Stereoscopic Views. No. 4575. Group of the Equipage of the Italian man of war, Re Galantruomo, in N.Y. Harbor, 1862. G. $125

NY307. [E. Anthony.] Home for the Friendless No. 9. Chapel Interior, Choir. This 1858-’59 series of views by Anthony was issued as a 12-card set and even had a box to go with it. It illustrates the lives of orphans living at the facility on E. 30th St. VG. $150

NY317. No label but this is E&HT Anthony, No. 6608. The Bulls and Bears of the Open Board. View comes with a photocopy of the back label of this view. G. $100

NY321. E. Anthony. No. 708. View in New-York Harbor, taken from on board a Clipper Ship. VG. $50

NY327. E&HT Anthony. No. 4574. Group of Soldiers at rest, on board the Italian man of war Re Galantuomo, in N.Y. Harbor, 1862. G. $125

NY330. E&HT Anthony. No. 7242. The Terrace. VG. $15

NY331. E&HT Anthony. No. 8036. Residence of A.T. Stewart, 34th St. and 5th Ave. VG. $15

NY332. E&HT Anthony. 8589. Sound Steamer “Providence.” VG. $65

NY333. E&HT Anthony. No. 8592. Saloon of the Sound Steamer “Providence.” G. $20

NY334. E&HT Anthony. No. 8689. View of the Sound Steamer “Bristol.” G. $20

NY335. E&HT Anthony. No. 8690. Sound Steamer “Bristol.” VG. $65

NY336. E&HT Anthony. No. 8691. Steamer “Bristol” in Dry Dock-View of the Bow. G-. $45

NY337. E&HT Anthony. No. 8693. Steamer “Bristol” in Dry Dock-View of the Stern. VG. $50

NY340. E&HT Anthony. 11158. View from East River Bridge Tower, Inst. VG. $30

PR143. [George Stacy]. Abraham Lincoln’s catafalque NYC. Borne by Peter Relyea’s huge and elaborately decorated hearse, which was drawn by sixteen horses. VG. $650

NY349. E&HT Anthony. The Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair. No. 1688. View of the Bower of Plants in the International Department. G. $85

NY352-NY367. [George Stacy]. Collection of 16 stereoviews by Stacy. Titles are: The Ferry Boat; New York Harbor and Ferry Boat; No. 323. Niblo’s Garden, Broadway; No. 374. Hotel, Broadway; No. 375. Three Ferry Boats; No. 389. The Battery and Castle Garden; No. 314. Worth Monument Madison Square; No. 344. Skating Scene on the Lake; No. 232. The Lake and Swans; No. 176. Stonework of the Terrace; No. 183. Stonework of the Terrace; No. 284. Saturday Afternoon; No. 108. Musicians Pagoda at Central Park; No. 269. The Deer; No. 270. Central Park, The Dovecote; & No. 186. Stonework of the Terrace. G-VG. $200

NY368. E. Anthony. The Japanese Embassy in New York–Scenes and Incidents. Instantaneous View. No. 20. Arrival of the Embassy at the City Hall, to visit the Governor and Mayor, June 18, 1860. G. $150

NY372. No ID. Roman Catholic Cathedral. St. Patrick’s under construction. VG. $85

NY377. E&HT Anthony. No. 5903. The Sound Steamer “Bristol.” G. $45

NY379. E. Anthony. No. 230. Scene at Jersey City Ferry, foot of Courtlandt St., North River, New-York. G. $75

NY380. E&HT Anthony. No. 3939. Looking up Nassau St. from the corner of Wall, showing the post office. G. $35

NY381. E&HT Anthony. No. 4108. Tammany Hall and Hotel. G. $85

NY385. E&HT Anthony. Brooklyn Navy Yard. No. 6724. Sectional View, U.S. Dry Dock. G. $65

NY386. E. Anthony. No. 109. Steamship Quaker City coming up the Bay. Taken on July 4th, 1859. G. $75

NY387. Rare Stereoview by W.E. James of the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair held at the original Academy of Music in Brooklyn in 1864. Title is New England Kitchen. New England Cooks. At some point in time the card was damaged but excellently repaired and the card is firm. Fair. $85

NY393. E&HT Anthony. War Views. No. 920. The Return of the New York 69th Regiment, N.Y.S.N.G. 2-cent tax stamp on verso. VG. $300

NY402. E. Anthony. The Japanese Embassy in New York-Scenes and Incidents. Instantaneous View. No. 15. The Seventh Regiment arrive in front of the Metropolitan to escort the Embassy to the City Hall, June 18, 1860. VG. $250

NY403. E. Anthony. The Japanese Embassy in New York–Scenes and Incidents. Instantaneous View. No. 4. The Eighth Regiment marching past the St. Nicholas, on their way to Pier No. 1, to meet the Embassy, the Metropolitan Hotel in the distance, June 16, 1860. VG. $250

NY404. E&HT Anthony. No. 431. Fourth of July in and about New-York. A Company of Infantry Marching through Chambers St., July 4th, 1860. VG. $250

NY406. No ID. Five Points. G+. $150

NY408. No ID. 49th St., looking West from 5th Ave. G. $10

NY411. Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, NH. 1764. High Bridge, Croton Aqueduct, New York. VG. $6

NY415. [George Stacy]. 352–Reception of the Japanese Embassy at the Battery. G. $85

NY417. E. Anthony. No. 299. Up Broadway from Barnum’s Museum. The City Hall Park on the Right. VG. $125

NY419. E. Anthony. Copyright Secured label. No. 18. Broadway. G. $75

NY420. E&HT Anthony. No. 893. Broadway from Barnum’s Museum, showing portion of Park Barracks. VG. $125

NY422. E&HT Anthony. No. 894. Ferry Boat on the East River. 2-cent tax stamp on verso. VG. $75

NY423. E. Anthony. No. 203. Broadway from Barnum’s Museum. Banner for Meade’s Photography Gallery at upper left. VG-. $100

NY424. E. Anthony. No. 448. Fourth of July in and about New York–“The Regatta.” Waiting for the Start, July 4, 1860. VG. $85

NY425. E&HT Anthony. No. 4402. Cooper Institute. VG. $50

NY427. E&HT Anthony. No. 3937. Looking up Broadway, form the corner of Astor Place. Tinted. G. $75

NY428. E&HT Anthony. No. 5336. Broadway and City Hall Park, from corner of Fulton Street. G. $35

NY429. E&HT Anthony. No. 6294. National Academy of Design. G. $25

NY430. E&HT Anthony. No. 5176. Broadway, looking North from the foot Bridge. G. $50

NY431. E&HT Anthony. No. 4624. Hoffman House, Cor. Broadway and 24th St. VG. $35

NY432. E&HT Anthony. No. 5574. Ferry Boat on the East River. G. $15

NY433. E&HT Anthony. No. 302. Up Broadway from Barnum’s Museum. The City Hall Park on the right. G. $40

NY434. E&HT Anthony. No. 5576. View from foot of Whitehall Street, looking towards South Brooklyn. The agitation of water in the foreground is occasioned by a Steamboat just passed. Run of thread along bottom of view. G. $15

NY435. E&HT Anthony. No. 297. Broadway from the Balcony of the Metropolitan looking North–The Lafarge Hotel in the distance. G. $15

NY438. E&HT Anthony. No. 1776. Saloon of the Steamer St. John. VG. $15

NY439. E&HT Anthony. No. 5943. Saloon of the Steamer “Bristol,” from aft looking forward. VG. $20

NY440. E&HT Anthony. No. 1894. The Dove Cot. Photographed by Thos. C. Roche. VG. $20

NY441. E&HT Anthony. No. 4115. Upper Saloon of the North River Steamer Dean Richmond. G. $15

NY443. E&HT Anthony. No. 1165. The Bow Bridge. Photo. by Thos. C. Roche. G. $15

NY444. E&HT Anthony. No. 5905. Saloon of the Steamer “Bristol,” from midship looking aft. G. $15

NY446. E&HT Anthony. No. 3726. The Music Stand. Photo. by Thos. C. Roche. G. $10

NY447. E&HT Anthony. No. 6232. Statue of “Auld Lang Syne,” near the Casino. G. $10

NY452. E&HT Anthony. No. 8726. High Bridge. View of Bridge and Tower. VG. $15

NY454. H.C. White Co. 8403. On the Deck of the Slocum, showing the effects of the Fire on the Metal Work and Steel. General Slocum Disaster, New York Harbor, June 15, 1904. VG. $50

NY456. [E&HT Anthony.] Unlabeled but this is No. 5340. Field Day, East N.Y. 37th Reg. “Rest” in column by Company. G. $75

NY457. [E&HT Anthony.] Unlabeled but this is No. 5339. Field Day, East N.Y. 37th Reg. Forming Line. G. $75

NY458. E&HT Anthony. No. 5343. Field Day, East N.Y. 7th Reg. “In Place Rest,” in line of Battle. G. $125

NY459. E&HT Anthony. No. 5344. Field Day, East N.Y. 8th Reg. “Rest” in Column by Division. G. $125

NY460. E&HT Anthony. No. 5341. Field Day, East N.Y. 8th Regt. Horse Troop. Guard Duty. G. $125

NY463. [E. Anthony]. Title on verso is “Federal Troops drawn up in line on the Battery at New York.” Unlabeled but this is No. 706. Scene on the Battery at New-York, on the occasion of the Reception of the Prince of Wales. Crease at center but card is firm. G. $100

NY466. [E. Anthony]. Unlabeled but this is No. 703. Scene on the Battery at New-York, on the occasion of the Reception of the Prince of Wales. G. $75

NY468. E&HT Anthony. No. 4572. Group of Soldiers charging with Bayonets, on board of the Italian man of war Re Galantuomo, in N.Y. Harbor, 1862. Crease at lower right corner. G. $85

NY570. No photographer ID. From Tower showing Abutments and Works. Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. VG. $40

NY571. E&HT Anthony. No. 6608. The Bulls and Bears of the Open Board. VG. $75

NY577. E&HT Anthony. No. 204. Broadway from Barnum’s Museum. Banner for Meade’s Photography Gallery at upper left. G. $75

NY578. E. Anthony, copyright secured label. No. 258. Skating Scene in Central Park, New-York. G. $25

NY580. E. Anthony. No. 290. Broadway from Barnum’s Museum, Looking North. VG. $75

NY613. E&HT Anthony. No. 8042. South Ferry foot of Whitehall St., East River. VG. $40

NY614. E&HT Anthony. No. 5078. Looking up Broadway from the corner of Broome St. VG. $40

NY620. Central Park. The Bow Bridge. VG. $15

NY622. Central Park. No.253. Bridge and Hall, Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Label says “Central Park Scenery,” but indicated title says Prospect Park and I don’t see any “Hall” in the view! But a very nice stone arch bridge it is. VG. $10

NY622. Entrance to City Hall, NY. G. $10

NY635. A.J. Fisher’s Stereoscopic Views. 3942. City of Boston under way NY harbor. G. $10

NY658. Keystone. 34089. The Gateway to America–an Aerial View of Statue of Liberty and Fort Wood on Bedloe’s Island, New York Harbor. E. $10

NY659. Keystone. 32570T. Statue of Liberty, Bedloe’s Island, New York Harbor, NY. E. $10

NY660. B.W. Kilburn. 4304. The Goddess of Liberty, enlightening the World, N.Y. Harbor. E. $15

NY730. E&HT Anthony. No. 1060. The Lake, from the Circle. A Visit to the Central Park in the Summer of 1863. Partial tax stamp on verso. G. $10

NY736. E&HT Anthony. 11290. Elevated Rail Road. G. $35

NY744. Battery Place Elevated RR Station. Washington (or Field) Bldg. (1882) at Battery Place and Broadway; Battery Park Concert Gardens; Reinhardt’s Hotel; & the NY Produce Exchange. VG. $10

NY745. Gilmore’s Garden, became Madison Square Garden in 1876.

Madison Square Garden (1879–1890) was an arena in New York City at the northeast corner of East 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The first venue to use that name, it seated 10,000 spectators. It was replaced with a new building on the same site.

The site upon which Madison Square Garden was eventually established was originally occupied by a small passenger depot of the New York and Harlem Railroad. The site was vacated by the railroad in 1871 when it moved operations uptown to Grand Central Depot at 42nd Street. The site was vacant until 1874 when it was leased to P. T. Barnum who converted it into an open oval arena 270 feet (82 m) long, with seats and benches in banks, which he named the Great Roman Hippodrome where he presented circuses and other performances. The roofless building was also called Barnum’s Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome and measured 420 feet (130 m) by 200 feet (61 m).

In 1876, the arena was leased to band leader Patrick Gilmore, who renamed it Gilmore’s Garden and presented flower shows, beauty contests, music concerts, temperance and revival meetings, walking marathons, and the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, called at the time (1877) the “First Annual N.Y. Bench Show.” Gilmore also presented boxing, but since competitive boxing matches were technically illegal at the time, he called them “exhibitions” or “illustrated lectures.”

The next to lease the space was W. M. Tileston, who was an official of the dog show. He attempted to attract a more genteel crowd with tennis, a riding school and an ice carnival; the arena had one of the first indoor ice rinks in the United States.

After the death of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who owned the site, his grandson William Kissam Vanderbilt took back control and announced on May 31, 1879, that the arena was to be renamed “Madison Square Garden.” Vanderbilt presented sporting events such as indoor track and field meets, a convention of Elks, the National Horse Show and more boxing, including some bouts featuring John L. Sullivan, who began a four-year series of exhibitions in July 1882, drawing over-capacity crowds. P.T. Barnum also used the Garden to exhibit Jumbo, the elephant he had bought from the London Zoo; he drew sufficient business to recover the $10,000 pricetag.

Another notable use of the first Garden was as a velodrome, an oval bicycle racing track with banked curves. At the time, bicycle racing was one of the biggest sports in the country. “[The] top riders [were] among the sports stars of their day. The bike races at Madison Square Garden were all the rage around the turn of the last century.” Madison Square Garden was the most important bicycle racing track in the United States and the Olympic discipline known as the Madison is named after the original Garden.

However, the Garden was hot in the summertime and freezing in the wintertime. It had a leaky roof and dangerous balconies that had collapsed resulting in deaths. Vanderbilt eventually sold what Harper’s Weekly called his “patched-up, grimy, drafty, combustible old shell” to a syndicate that included J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, James Stillman and W. W. Astor, who closed it to build a new arena designed by noted architect Stanford White. Demolition began in July 1889, and the second Madison Square Garden, which cost more than a half-million dollars to build, opened on June 6, 1890. It was demolished in 1926, and the New York Life Building, designed by Cass Gilbert and completed in 1928, replaced it on the site. VG. $35

NY746. Gilmore’s Garden, became Madison Square Garden in 1876. VG. $50

NY749. William England for the London Stereoscopic Company. View of the New York Bay Ferry Boats. Tinted. G. $35

NY767. [E. Anthony]. Home for the Friendless. No. 8. Children in Chapel. This was a home for orphans and abandoned children in NYC and Anthony made a 12-card set in 1859-1860. G. $150

NY773. E&HT Anthony. This view is mislabeled. The actual title is No. 4787. Rustic Stone Arch, South of Harlem Lake. VG. $15

NY777. E&HT Anthony. 11327. Marine Railway, Coney Island. G. $75

NY778. E&HT Anthony. 5096. Broadway on a Rainy Day. VG. $50

NY779. E&HT Anthony. No. 3931, View from the corner of Howard St., looking down. VG. $25

NY780. E&HT Anthony. Central Park. No. 4798. Skating Scene, Winter of 1866. VG. $25

NY781. E&HT Anthony. No. 8045. City Hall. G. $15

NY782. E. Anthony. No. 182. The Battery and Bay before the Regatta, July 4th, 1859. Copyright Secured label. G. $50

NY783. E&HT Anthony. No. 5080. Looking up Broadway from the corner of Broome St. Partial “Photograph” sign on building in mid-distance. VG. $50

NY784. E&HT Anthony. No. 5081. Looking up Broadway from the corner of Broome St. E. Anthony building and sign mid-distance. G. $45

NY785. E&HT Anthony. Unlabeled but this is No. 6732. Broadway & Fifth Ave. VG. $20

NY786. E&HT Anthony. 10473. Panoramic view, North-West from W.U. Telegraph B’d’g. G. $20

NY787. E&HT Anthony. 11357. Panorama East River Bridge. Under construction. G. $20

NY788. E&HT Anthony. Dakota Flats from Central Park, N.Y. G. $75

NY789. E&HT Anthony. no. 902. The Bulls and Bears in Gold, William Street, in Front of the Hole in the Wall. G. $50

NY798. [E&HT Anthony. No. 2955. The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865.] Unlabeled and unusual version of this view with a scalloped mask. VG. $150