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[Plaque placed in error at 10 Pearl Street to mark the site of the first city hall, which was actually at 73 Pearl Street.]

[Plaque placed in error at 10 Pearl Street to mark the site of the first city hall, which was actually at 73 Pearl Street.]

[41 Broadway, site of first habitation by white men on Manhattan Island, built in 1613 by Adrian Block.]

[41 Broadway, site of first habitation by white men on Manhattan Island, built in 1613 by Adrian Block.]

[Tablet on New York Cotton Exchange.]

[Tablet on New York Cotton Exchange.]

[Tablet commemorating the site of the second presidential mansion.]

[Tablet commemorating the site of the second presidential mansion.]

[Tablet on building of International Telephone Co., Broad and William Streets.]

[Tablet on building of International Telephone Co., Broad and William Streets.]

[Tablet in New York City Hall.]

[Tablet in New York City Hall.]

[In Battery Park near Barge Office found on the site of 55 Broadway corner of Exchange Alley.]

[In Battery Park near Barge Office found on the site of 55 Broadway corner of Exchange Alley.]

[Stone tablet inscription about the history of Nassau Street.]

[Stone tablet inscription about the history of Nassau Street.]

[Plaque on west side of Stone Street.]

[Plaque on west side of Stone Street.]

[In Battery Park near Barge Office, found on the site of 55 Broadway corner of Exchange Alley.]

[In Battery Park near Barge Office, found on the site of 55 Broadway corner of Exchange Alley.]

[Plaque--Edgar Allen Poe.]

[Plaque--Edgar Allen Poe.]

[On Marketfield Street, corner of Broad Street.]

[On Marketfield Street, corner of Broad Street.]

[Tallmadge Memorial, Fraunces Tavern.]

[Tallmadge Memorial, Fraunces Tavern.]

[Plaque at Golden Hill.]

[Plaque at Golden Hill.]

[Tablet and inscription on building at 15 Maiden Lane.]

[Tablet and inscription on building at 15 Maiden Lane.]

[Plaque on 115 Broadway, corner of Thames Street.]

[Plaque on 115 Broadway, corner of Thames Street.]

[Marker in memory of Francis Lewis, New York signer of the Declaration of Independence, erected in 1947.]

[Marker in memory of Francis Lewis, New York signer of the Declaration of Independence, erected in 1947.]

[Tablet for Marinus Willett on Broad Street and Beaver Street.]

[Tablet for Marinus Willett on Broad Street and Beaver Street.]

[Table for Marinus Willet on Broad Street and Beaver Street.]

[Table for Marinus Willet on Broad Street and Beaver Street.]

[Fort George Tablet, Battery Park.]

[Fort George Tablet, Battery Park.]

[Site of first printing press in New York by William Bradford in 1693.]

Photographer Clayton L. Wallace
Accession number X2010.11.2981 
Unique identifier MNY217252 
Dated July, 1933 
Inscription / technical details In pencil, on verso: Photograph by and / gift of / Clayton L. Wallace; in ink, on verso: 81 Pearl St. / N.Y. City. / Site of first printing / press in New York by / W'm. Bradford in 1693.; newspaper c 
File dimensions 8.4 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
21.5 cm × 35.5 cm at 300dpi 

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