New York & Brooklyn from Jersey City - 1875
Panoramic view of New York and Brooklyn seen from Jersey City. The Brooklyn Bridge was still under construction. The early skyscrapers was rising on Park Row and Broadway.
Chromolithograph published by Currier & Ives, copyright 1875. Artists: Charles R. Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Below, enlargement of the southern tip of Manhattan Island, seen Bowling Green and Battery Park.
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New York & Brooklyn from Jersey City - 1875