1900 ca - USA: New York City Street Scenes

1900 ca - USA: New York City Street Scenes Pedestrians across overpass & down steps facing camera; horse drawn tram & carriages, pushcarts underneath. Tram sign: Madison Avenue. Large canvas covered wagon w/ sign: Storage. 12:39:45 Electric tram, wagons & other street traffic passing The Equitable Life Building, Madison & 23rd St.. Broadway on one tram, stops in front of camera. 12:40:34 View across Broadway & 14th St (?). Policeman directing traffic, many pedestrians. 12:41:34 View along Broadway (?) w/ large horse drawn wagons; Reilly’s sign opposite side of street. Flat Iron Building visible in background. Broadway horse drawn trams. 12:42:19 Wagon past electric tram under bridge or elevated. One electric tram says Green & Gates Avs; another says Fulton Street; canvas sides rolled up. 12:43:04 Electric trams under Elevated station; pedestrians down. Steam elevated train visible. Horse drawn teamster wagons. 12:43:54 Steam powered elevated train past, comes to stop & people boarding. Pulls out of station. 12:44:36 Electric trains around tight bend in both directions, steam engine sitting on siding pulls out after electric passes. Another follows electric tram in opposite direction. 12:45:24 Elevated train leaving station (as at 12:44:35). People pacing on opposite station platform as steam engine pulls four car train in & stops. 12:46:09 Large heavy stone building w/ pedestrians walking past, mostly men. Newsboys carrying bundles of papers. Teamster & wagon past; Broadway Ave. Battery to Central Park electric tram past. Lexington Ave. “Smoking Car” past in opposite direction w/ open sides. 12:46:59 Large intersection, coal wagon, pedestrians, teamsters & horse trams passing. Broadway, Central Park & other trams. 12:47:50 View along lower Broadway (?) w/ Trinity Church (?) visible. Wagons, carriages & trams. Many pedestrians. Transportation; Electricity; Animal Power; Summertime; Lumiere (?); NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk