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The image I selected is of two apartment buildings right next to each other. The windows in this apartment building are tall and skinny, which does not let in a lot of light already and even more so since the window faces a wall. In Bartleby the…

A brief yet informative web page on the history of public transportation in New York City. The transportation services covered range from omnibuses (present in many stories about the period including Henry James' Washington Square, and Steven…

The image chosen is titled Yard of tenement, New York, N.Y. between 1900 and 1910, and depicts a view from an apartment building in New York City overlooking other apartment buildings and clothes lines covered with clothing. In the background of the…

The "Waldorf Astoria, New York, Roof Garden" photomechanical print illustrates a unique feature of a luxury hotel in Manhattan in the early 1900s. The Waldorf Astoria was one of the first hotels to offer complete electricity, private bathrooms and…

This photograph portrays the style of housing in New York City in the late 19th century. The apartment buildings are narrow and tall, each reaching three or four stories high. The apartments are built of stone and brick and consist of drab colors.…

This news illustration by Frederic Remington (artist who became known for his depictions of cowboys and horses in the American West) was published in William Randolph Hearst's newspaper, the New York Journal, in 1898, during the Spanish-American War…

The front page of the "6 o'clock extra" evening edition of the World shows a range of news, with the more scandalous, sensational news in the bottom half of the page ("below the fold"). News items include beatings, domestic disputes, trials, and…