The oldest living thing on Manhattan Island, the great tulip tree in Inwood Park. 126 feet high, about 260 years old.

These caves were the homes of the first inhabitants on Manhattan Island. Inwood Park.

Named by the Indians "Muscoota Creek." At Inwood Park.

The Aquarium. Battery Park. In 1805 it was Ft. Clinton. Immigrant station 1885. Visited yearly by 2 million people.

And so with this view - we bid good-bye to the world's greatest city.

View of New York (from Staten Island)

Manhattan Towers from Battery Park. View from Battery Park. Center building is the Standard Oil. Custom House on the right.

An inspiring view of the city from the 59th Street lake in Central Park.

Battery, Lower End of Manhattan Island, New York.

Manhattan skyline from Staten Island ferry. The towering office buildings of stone and steel piercing the sky.

The American Shipper unloading its cargo near the Battery.

View of the Battery, New York

[Tulip Tree as it was in 1929-1930]

The City of New York in the State of New York, North America [The Birch View with the Picnic Party.]

This Map of the City of New York and Island of Manhattan as Laid Out by the Commissioners Appointed by the Legislature.

This Map of the City of New York and Island of Manhattan as Laid Out by the Commissioners Appointed by the Legislature.

North View from the Empire State Bldg., New York

This Map of the City of New York and Island of Manhattan as Laid Out by the Commissioners Appointed by the Legislature.

Battery Park Looking North, New York City.

[Inwood Hill Park, looking north.]