New Amsterdam in 1660

New Amsterdam, 1660, from the East River. (Scale Model)

Bowling Green, 1831, Showing First Omnibus Used in New York (Scale Model)

"Liberty Enlightening the World". Edward Moran, 1886.

Peter Stuyvesant Defying the English who Demanded the Surrender of New Amsterdam, 1664.

Laying the First Submarine Cable, 1842

The Battery, New York, 1847

Bowling Green, New York.

Seth Low's Great Speech at Cooper Union

"New Amsterdam becomes New York" - The English captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664 and re-named it New York in honor of the Duke of York.

The New York City Hall of 250 years ago.

The Castello Plan. New Amsterdam in 1660.

Plan of New Amsterdam about 1644

New York About 1626-8. The Hartgers View, Amsterdam, 1651

Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors.

Broadway in 1865.

1653-1664 Amsterdam in New Netherland

Fraunces Tavern Restaurant

New York, as Carwitham Engraved it in 1739

Bird's-eye view of Lower New York.