Broad Street - 1831
Broad Street looking north with the Custom House in the distance (old Federal Hall). Broad Street connects Wall Street to the East River.
Joseph Meeks & Sons (43 and 45 Broad Street), manufactory of cabinet furniture. Joseph Meeks (1771-1868) was one of the founders of the Tammany Society. The H.N. Ferris buildings on the right.
Illustration drawn by A.J. Davis, engraved by J. Archer. Published in the Views in New-York and its Environs by Peabody & Co., 1831. Source: New York Public Library.
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Broad Street - 1831