New York City

Elevated view of traffic on an urban street. 
Karl Struss
Mercedes Autobus, Fifth Avenue and 38th Street, New York
sepia-toned platinum print on paper
15 15/16 in x 19 5/16 in (40.5 cm x 49 cm);18 3/16 in x 22 1/8 in (46.2 cm x 56.2 cm)
Gift of the artist
This is a photograph of the mid-late 1930s construction of the Rockefeller Center AP Building in Manhattan.
Paul J. Woolf
Rockefeller Center—Construction of the AP Building
gelatin silver print on paper
9 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in (24.13 cm x 16.51 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/16 in (56.2 cm x 45.88 cm);952 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in (2419.99 cm x 17.15 cm);9 13/16 in x 7 1/8 in (24.92 cm x 18.1 cm)
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952
This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of a man with a large camera seated on a slender line high above Fifth Avenue in New York City.  It is surrounded by the text: Set No. 8; Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, Unique; 8288—Photographing New York City—on a slender support 18 stories above pavement of Fifth Avenue.
Stereo Classics Studio
Stereoscope Image, Set No. 8: Photographing New York City, on a slender support 18 stories above pavement on Fith Avenue
photograph on cardboard
3 9/16 in. x 7 in. ( 9 cm x 17.8 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
Abraham Walkowitz
New York
graphite on white paper
13 ⅜ in x 7 1/16 in (33.97 cm x 17.94 cm);13 11/16 in x 7 ⅜ in (34.77 cm x 18.73 cm);19 ⅜ in x 14 ⅜ in (49.21 cm x 36.51 cm)
Gift of Abraham Walkowitz
Berenice Abbott
August Pingpank Barber Shop, 413 Bleecker Street
gelatin silver print on paper
12 1/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. ( 30.8 cm x 24.4 cm )
Gift of Two Friends of the Museum
Jacob Lawrence
New York in Transit II
screenprint on paper
12 ⅛ in x 36 ¼ in (30.8 cm x 92.07 cm);25 ⅝ in x 48 ⅝ in x 1 ⅝ in (65.09 cm x 123.51 cm x 4.13 cm)
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
This photograph depicts a man gesturing towards a glass window display, directing the gaze of three children wearing hats and coats. Behind the glass is a tiny monkey.  
Garry Winogrand
New York City
gelatin silver print on paper
9 1/16 in x 13 7/16 in (23.02 cm x 34.13 cm)
Gift of Stanley T. Lesser, A.B. 1951, J.D. 1953
This is an abstract composition of loose, overall, intersecting lines. Some are rounded squiggles, others are straight, and a circle appears at the top. 
Abraham Walkowitz
New York
graphite on paper
13 3/8 in x 7 7/8 in (34 cm x 20 cm);14 in x 8 9/16 in (35.5 cm x 21.8 cm);13 3/8 in x 7 7/8 in (34 cm x 20 cm)
Gift of Abraham Walkowitz
Aerial view of a beach on which a swimming accident has occurred. A group of people swarm to the central location and focal point of the photograph, where the injured person lies.
Margaret Bourke-White
Beach Accident, Coney Island, New York
gelatin silver print on paper mounted on masonite
75 1/2 in x 60 in (191.77 cm x 152.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Withers
James McBey
Manhattan
etching on paper
7 ⅜ in x 15 ⅛ in (18.73 cm x 38.42 cm)
Museum Purchase
Colton, Zahm & Roberts
The Arrival of Hendrik Hudson in the Bay of New York, September 12, 1609
chromolithograph on paper
13 ¼ in x 17 ¼ in (33.66 cm x 43.82 cm)
Bequest of Henry C. Lewis
Abraham Walkowitz
New York
graphite on white paper
13 ⅜ in x 7 3/16 in (33.97 cm x 18.26 cm);19 ¼ in x 14 ⅜ in (48.89 cm x 36.51 cm)
Gift of Abraham Walkowitz

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127 Collection Object Sources

New York (1950/1.139)
New York City (1981/2.65.9)
New York (1950/1.142)
New York (1950/1.140)
Manhattan (1939.2)
New York City (1981/2.65.5)
Hardware Store (2011/2.5)
Nueva York (2011/2.81)
New York City (1981/2.65.8)
New York at Night (2002/1.156)
Broadway Melody (1949/1.152)
New York City (1981/2.65.2)
Brooklyn Bridge (1972/1.170)
New York (1950/1.138)
New York City (1981/2.65.11)
New York Sunset (2011/2.137)
Manhattan I (1983/1.188)
Untitled (2013/2.155)
New York (2012/2.155)
New York (1990/2.55)
Coney Island (1984/2.85)
New York City (1981/2.65.4)
New York City (1981/2.65.6)
New York City (1981/2.65.7)
Central Park, NYC (2000/2.158.5)
New York (1990/2.54)
New Year's Eve, NYC (2000/2.158.11)
Penn Station (2013/2.178)
Crowded Subway (2004/1.103)

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