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Rare Photos of NYC Go Online

870K images going back to 1800s added to public database

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 24, 2012 2:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Prepare to lose some serious time if you're fascinated by historic photos and/or New York City: The Department of Records has put 870,000 images online for the first time, some of them going back to the 1800s, reports AP. The collection is here, though heavy demand is making access spotty today. They range from crime scene photos to static shots of buildings and bridges.

Dec. 22, 1936: In this Works Progress Administration photo provided by the New York City Municipal Archives, a man looks at the Hudson River from the New York tower of the George Washington Bridge.
Dec. 22, 1936: In this Works Progress Administration photo provided by the New York City Municipal Archives, a man looks at the Hudson River from the New York tower of the George Washington Bridge.   (AP Photo/New York City Municipal Archives, WPA Federal Writers' Project, Jack Rosenzwieg)
Oct. 7, 1914: Painters are suspended from wires on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
Oct. 7, 1914: Painters are suspended from wires on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.   (AP Photo/New York City Municipal Archives, Department of Bridges/Plant & Structures, Eugene de Salignac)
1918: Police work a homicide after children found the body of Gaspare Candella stuffed in a drum in the middle of a Brooklyn field.
1918: Police work a homicide after children found the body of Gaspare Candella stuffed in a drum in the middle of a Brooklyn field.   (AP Photo/New York City Municipal Archives, NYPD Evidence Collection, Detective Charles A. Carlstrom)
July 29, 1908: Workers dig in the street along the sidewalk on the north side of Delancey Street in New York.
July 29, 1908: Workers dig in the street along the sidewalk on the north side of Delancey Street in New York.   (AP Photo/New York City Municipal Archives, Department of Bridges/Plant & Structures, Eugene de Salignac)
September 30, 1936: A man hands a program to Babe Ruth, center, as he is joined by his wife, Clare, center left, and singer Kate Smith, front left, in the grandstand during Game 1 of the 1936 World Series at the Polo Grounds in New York.
September 30, 1936: A man hands a program to Babe Ruth, center, as he is joined by his wife, Clare, center left, and singer Kate Smith, front left, in the grandstand during Game 1 of the 1936 World Series...   (AP Photo/New York City Municipal Archives, WPA Federal Writers' Project)
May 18, 1940: A man reads a newspaper on New York's 6th Avenue and 40th St, with the headline: “Nazi Army Now 75 Miles From Paris.
May 18, 1940: A man reads a newspaper on New York's 6th Avenue and 40th St, with the headline: “Nazi Army Now 75 Miles From Paris."   (AP Photo/New York City Municipal Archives, Borough President Manhattan)
Oct. 2, 1930: Workers assemble bricks to build the roadway on 28th Street in New York.
Oct. 2, 1930: Workers assemble bricks to build the roadway on 28th Street in New York.   (AP Photo/New York City Municipal Archives, Borough President Manhattan)
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