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.
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Photograph from Mayor David Dinkins records showing Nelson Mandela’s 1990 visit to New York City after his release from prison.
United Nations headquarters opened in 1945 on Manhattan’s east side, establishing New York City as an international center of diplomacy.
Architectural rendering of Idlewild Airport, now JFK, showing curved terminal, runways, planes, and boats during its 1940s construction era.
1911 legal indictment cover page related to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire case.
1980s Bronx tax photograph showing flattened lots and burned-out buildings.
Black and white photograph of Mayor Ed Koch signing the 1986 gay rights bill at his desk in New York City.
1917 voter registration book from New York listing women’s names following the state’s adoption of women’s suffrage.
1975 “Welcome to Fear City” pamphlet distributed to tourists by law enforcement after city budget cuts.
1937 P.S. 42 record card listing students’ national origins based on fathers’ birthplaces from a Board of Education survey.
Red address book carried by Malcolm X at the time of his assassination in 1965. It contains handwritten contacts of friends and civil rights associates.
Photograph of Coenties Slip showing docked ships with the Brooklyn Bridge visible in the background.