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NEW YORK CITY, NYC. VARIOUS SPOTS, CIRCA 1900, (NO TITLE):

NY PUBLIC LIBRARY

GRANT'S TOMB

STATUE OF LIBERTY SHOT FROM RIVER

ELLIS ISLAND, NEW YORK CITY, NYC

EMIGRANTS [I.E. IMMIGRANTS] LANDING AT ELLIS ISLAND, EDISON (1903). THE FERRY BOAT, WILLIAM MEYERS IS APPROACHING A LANDING AT AN EMBARKATION DOCK USED BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FOR A LANDING POINT OF ELLIS ISLAND. THE FILM INCLUDES THE DOCKING OF THE VESSEL, THE PALCING OF THE GANGWAY, AND THE DEBARKATION OF THE PASSENGERS.

ELLIS ISLAND

MANHATTAN FROM WATER

ELLIS ISLAND

CARRIAGE ARRIVAL, SIDEWALK

NEW YORK CITY, NYC CIRCA 1900

PEDESTRIANS ON NYC STREETS

LAWRENCE MILLS MASSACHUSETTS STRIKE (NO TITLE)
MEN AND WOMEN LEAVING FACTORY, 1912

BATTLESHIPS AT SEA FIRING GUNS OFF FISHERS ISLAND

A TRIP TO BERKELEY, CAL. AM&B, (1906)
IN THE BEGINNING OF THE FILM, A STREETCAR PASSES IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA POSITION. THE CAMERA STARTS TO MOVE, INDICATING THAT IT WAS ON A STREETCAR SINCE IT IS IN THE SAME POSITION AS THE CAR IN THE FIRST SCENE. ALL THE FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE STREETCAR. THE SCENES WERE TAKEN IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA, AND THERE ARE FOUR TURNS ON THE TRACK. SEVERAL OLD HOUSES CAN BE SEEN AS WELL AS PEOPLE AND CARTS ON THE STREET. A MAN SAUNTERS ON THE TRACK AHEAD OF THE STREETCAR. AS THE SCENE PROGRESSES, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE CAMERA HAS STOPPED MOVING. THE CONDUCTOR AND THE MOTORMAN GRAPPLE WITH THE SAUNTERER AND FINALLY PERSUADE HIM TO LEAVE THE TRACKS AFTER A WOMAN SPECTATOR HITS THEM OVER THE HEAD WITH HER UMBRELLA. FURTHER DOWN THE STREET, AN AUTOMOBILE IS TRYING TO GO UP THE HILL.IT IS BEING PASSED BY OVERLOADED HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES. THE STREETCAR THEN PROCEEDS, MAKING ONE MORE TURN BEFORE THE PICTURE ENDS.

PANORAMA OF FLATIRON BUILDING, NYC, AM&B (1903)
THIS SHOWS A NEW YORK CITY STREET, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE THEN FAMOUS FLATIRON BUILDING. THE CAMERAMAN ELEVATED HIS CAMERA, GOING FROM THE STREET LEVEL TO THE ROOF. THE PICTURE'S MAIN INTEREST IS THE LACK OF OTHER BUILDINGS AROUND THE FLATIRON BUILDING.

BEGINNING OF A SKYSCRAPER, NEW YORK, AM&B (1902)
THE FILM, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A SINGLE CAMERA POSITION, SHOWS APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED WORKMEN EQUIPPED WITH SHOVELS, SCRAPERS, AND MULE DRAWN EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT AS THEY START DIGGING THE FOUNDATION AREA FOR A SKYSCRAPER.