1980s Bronx tax photograph showing flattened lots and burned-out buildings.
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Black and white photo of Astoria Park Pool, a 1936 New Deal project built under Mayor La Guardia, with Triborough Bridge visible in the background.
1904 photo of John B. McDonald, Mayor Seth Low, and William Parsons driving the last spike to complete New York City’s first subway tunnel.
Black and white photograph of Mayor Ed Koch signing the 1986 gay rights bill at his desk in New York City.
Architectural rendering of Idlewild Airport, now JFK, showing curved terminal, runways, planes, and boats during its 1940s construction era.
United Nations headquarters opened in 1945 on Manhattan’s east side, establishing New York City as an international center of diplomacy.
Photograph from Mayor David Dinkins records showing Nelson Mandela’s 1990 visit to New York City after his release from prison.
Parchment book titled “Freemen of the City of New York” with 17th-century handwritten entries of white male owners of property.
Colorful map of Dutch West India Company land grants with lot measurements, owner names, and labeled streets.
Decorative map titled “Longe Isleand” with ornate border, ships in the harbor, gardens in green, and a large compass rose.
Architectural grid drawing of a 16th-century town square with notes, alongside a faded 17th-century handwritten property deed.
1654 deed transferring Coney Island from the Nayack tribe to Gravesend settlers, signed by Chief Guttoquoh and tribal elders.