The New York World

1883, A Day in the World: “One thousand men employed in twelve great departments under one roof”

In 1892, the circulation of The New York World was over 380,000 — many times that of The New York Times.

Today’s New York World appreciates the efficiencies of web-based publication, but there’s still something to be appreciated in the grandiose production efforts captured in these 1893 sketches.

“In This City Giant Trees Uprooted and Much Damage Done”. Read an account of a hurricane that landed in New York City in August of 1893.

Autumn in New York. October 20, 1912. Apple picking, making cider and harvesting pumpkins. What else do you see?

A humorous account of one man’s miserable experiences as a renter in New York, circa 1912.

“This is a story of an experience with one of the many thugs who act as motormen and conductors on the street cars of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, a story that shows how completely the New Yorker is at the mercy of these men, and how systematically the company hides the identity of men who, apparently, have instructions to assault any person who disputes their authority” —October 1906

Barges and ships once vied fiercely for limited dock space in lower Manhattan. In 1906, the city and state sought to relocate canal boats to Brooklyn to make way for merchant ships.