Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Pictures of Life and Character in New York (1877)

Illustrations from the book published by G.W. Averell & Co in New York, 1877.



Page 8 - Venues for Horses


Page 9 - Theatrics


Page 10 - Fashions of the Day


Page 11 - Boxing


Page 12 - Earning a Living


Page 13 - Chinese Quarters


Page 14 - The diversity of people in New York City


Page 15 - Characters of New York


Page 16 - Street Peddlers


Page 17 - Service personnel


Page 21 - "Our artist in the United States - XI. Wall Street, New York."


Page 26 - "Night on the East side. A dime lodging house."


Page 29 - "The Prohibition movement. The drug store of the future."


Page 30 - The duty that lies near. Puck. "The new parks are a good thing, Mr. Grace, but suppose we begin by making 'breathing-places' of these dirty streets!"

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All images are from the History of Medicine Digital Collection [link]
more info on the book "Pictures of Life and Character in New York" [link]
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