Darlings, did you know that on this day in 1832, the first streetcar went into operation in New York City? Go take a look at my new feature on Superficial Gallery, Today in History with Eva Halloween, for the whole story! To kick things off, here’s a gorgeous little slide show of vintage New York City photography, 1830-1930. Enjoy!
“It’s the kind of town that whispers “baby” while it’s picking your pockets, that promises the world and delivers the gutter, or vice versa, and puts out your lights with a kiss, or a bullet, then forgets your name before dawn.”
Grant Morrison – The Clown at Midnight
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Love love love love love love LOVE! NYC is my home, and I have a big collection of vintage/19th century photos of the city. I hadn’t seen all of the ones in this video, so thanks for sharing! I also love that quote from Grant Morrison. It really is true. Maybe not as true now as it once was, but still.
I was actually thinking of you and Sandee when I posted it – so glad you enjoyed! Message me if there’s any you want – I think I used about 60 of the 100 I put together. 🙂
You’re so sweet! Thank you! It’s a great collage, and the music meshes with it perfectly.
Also, what’s the music accompanying the video? I really like it a lot.
La Belle et Le Capitaine, composed by Frank Ticheli. It’s part of the great MusOpen project.
It’s so pretty — thanks for the links!
Did you know Acadia went to Fordham? He’d be thrilled if you checked out the Gallery post.
I did not know this. Fordham is a great school and a beautiful campus. I will check the post out now!
WTH, now he’s trying to bribe you with candy for commenting. Clearly, I should have held out for more than this pennywhistle and an old sock. 😦
Born and raised in Manhattan. Feel like I need to get the hell out now. Still love it though.
By all accounts, it can be an easy city to love, but a tough one to live with every day.
If you go comment over on my site I will give you candy. And I hope you stick around. If you found Eva you must have good taste so you are more then welcome at my house!
Also, Sandee I hope you tell everyone from out of town that the city is just like SVU.
Also Weebles the campus is pretty but damn did I get chased up and down Webster Avenue a lot. 😦
Candy for comments! I’d better be getting, um, a cake for posting! Yes, delicious cake.
Ah, NYC my <3… 🙂
Glad you liked it, Misty Layne. It is a unique place.
Can I ask where the top image of the bridge and skyline is from?? It says 1935, but I can’t find the original source. I love it and would love to use it as a prop in a catalog I’m working on, but need to try and get a hold of the rights holder. Is it a found image? It’s fantastic.
Hi Emily. Unfortunately, I was unable to source that one myself. I believe I found it in this forum thread, although it also shows up in a forum for Wired NY. You might check with New York City’s Municipal Archives, which released nearly one million photographs of NYC recently that date back through the mid-1880s. Good luck, and thanks for stopping by!