1896: On January 18, New York City witnessed a groundbreaking medical advancement with the first demonstration of an X-ray machine in the United States. This pivotal event took place at Columbia University, showcasing the potential of X-ray technology to …

The history of New York City (1855–1897) started with the inauguration in 1855 of Fernando Wood as the first mayor from Tammany Hall, an institution that dominated the city throughout this period. Reforms led to the New York City Police Riot of June 1857.

2016年10月4日 · This collection of photographs of New York City street scenes in 1896 reveals an often overlooked side of the city and its history. 15 snapshots of New York City before Uber, smartphones and hordes of tourists.

The 1890s saw significant changes in population, infrastructure, culture, and politics of New York City. These developments helped shape the city into a modern metropolis, setting the stage for its future as a global city.

#17 New York City Street Scene: Young Shoeshine Boy with Policeman on Mulberry Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, 1897.

August 15, 1896, Theodore Roosevelt, then thirty-seven and president of the Board of Police Commissioners, wrote to his sister Anna about the horrible heat that had plagued New York City for the past ten days. “The heated term was the worst and most fatal we have ever known,” Roosevelt noted.

2017年6月5日 · New York in 1896 was just three years out of the Panic of 1893, which crippled the economy. But this was the Gilded Age, and ostentatious displays still appealed to consumers. Opening day, as you can imagine, was a madhouse.

2010年8月11日 · During the summer of 1896, a 10-day heat wave killed nearly 1,500 people, many of them tenement-dwellers, across New York City. Many thousands of people were crammed into tenements on the...

2016年1月23日 · The video below shows the oldest surving footage of New York, filmed in 1896, at the Herald Square. Herald Square proper is the north end of the square between West 34th Street and West 35th Street. The old New York Herald Building was located on the square.

2023年9月23日 · Restored footage from 1896 of the traffic of pedestrians, carriages, and trams on Broadway in New York City, United States. This footage was filmed by pioneering French filmmaker Alexandre Promio, who worked for the Lumière brothers assigned to market and present motion pictures worldwide.