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Bronze Eagle

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Description: A bronze eagle sculpture perched on a rock at Elm Valley Farm.
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Botanical Gardens

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Description: A view of Hemlock Drive, bordered by a fence on both sides, entering the botanical gardens.
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Cemetery

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Description: Elevated view of a Gothic revival style Trinity church Wall Street and adjacent cemetery. Modern skyscrapers are in the background.
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Homestead Bank

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Description: Homestead Bank, a two-story stone and wood building, from across the street.
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Statue of Liberty

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Description: Elevated view of the Statue of Liberty and surrounding buildings on Liberty Island. A large ship is docked at the island and the waters of the New York Upp...
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Bird's-Eye View of New York

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Description: Bird's-eye view of the city including the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge.
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New York Street Scene

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Description: A street scene of early New York City, featuring a building-lined street, with people walking, riding horses, and riding in carriages. Also pictured are nu...
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Elevated New York Street Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a street scene in downtown, featuring a small park with a fountain, and many pedestrians among tall buildings.
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New York Botanical Gardens

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Description: Fountain of Life in front of Mertz library at the New York Botanical Gardens.
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New York Botanical Gardens

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Description: Water garden at the New York Botanical Gardens featuring palms and water lilies along a conservatory walkway.
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Washington Irving High School

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Description: View of the foyer of Washington Irving High School, featuring a large fireplace, designed by the architect C.B.J. Snyder (1860-1945) and built in 1913 Ther...
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Washington Irving High School

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Description: A view down a wide corridor of Washington Irving High School, designed by the architect C.B.J. Snyder (1860-1945) and built in 1913.
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Washington Irving High School

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Description: Elevated view of the lunch room of Washington Irving High School, designed by the architect C.B.J. Snyder (1860-1945) and built in 1913. Lights hang from t...
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Colonial Nursery

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Description: Various domestic objects are shown in a colonial nursery at the Van Cortlandt House, a mid-18th century Georgian dwelling that once served as part of a gra...
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"Tired Haymakers"

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Description: Four children pose for a photograph, one holding a large wooden rake, while playing in the hay. Photograph published by C. E. Browne. Text in upper left co...
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Holland Tunnel

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Description: A view of the Holland Tunnel, a tunnel for automobile traffic between New York City and New Jersey. A sign reads: "Don't sound horn".
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Van Cortlandt House Dutch Room

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Description: Interior view of the Dutch room of the Van Cortlandt house, featuring a fireplace, two ornately carved cradles, a wall clock, table, an open chest, polishe...
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Van Cortlandt House Parlor

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Description: Interior view of a parlor in the Van Cortlandt House. Four portraits line the walls and a chandelier hangs above a table with a bowl on it in the center of...
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Van Cortlandt House Dutch Bedroom

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Description: Interior view of a Dutch style bedroom at the Van Cortlandt House which features an enclosed paneled bed compartment with a set of wooden steps set in fron...
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Van Cortlandt House Drawing Room

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Description: Interior view of the drawing room at the Van Cortlandt house which features bay windows with built in benches, ornately carved furniture, a harpsichord in ...

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