A large crowd gathers to protest against rising prices and inflation in New York City, as prices increased during World War I wartime assistance production for allied nations. People show banners. A large banner reads: "America First. We appeal to you for mercy and justice. Our children are starving. Come down with the prices." A banner reads 'We want bread'. Women stand with children in strollers and baby carriages during the protest. A line of women and children march as families in the protest rally.
Governor Charles Whitman of New York State,poses for the camera on top of a tall building in Albany., New York State. He wears a wool overcoat with velvet collar and a bowler hat of the period. Behind, and above him is seen a large American flag on a flagpole fastened to the building roof. Camera changes angle, showing other buildings below similar in style to the State Capitol building in Albany.
In New York Harbor, the United States passenger ship SS Manchuria (later the World War 1 troop transport ship USS Manchuria, ID-1633) being loaded with cargo including armament (artillery gun is partially seen). Crew members on the ship loading items from a smaller vessel. Smoke rises from the smokestack of a passenger steam ship as it passes the Statue of Liberty.
Looking up Broadway from 69th street in Upper West Side of New York City. Automobile traffic. Sign reads "Hippodrome". Herald Square with Times Building in distance. Point House, Hamburg American Building, Battery Place Station. Battery Park and Aquarium.
View from a rider on an elevated train of the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) system in Manhattan, New York City. Lower Broadway and Singer building in the distance. Buildings on sides of railroad tracks. The train proceeds along the 9th Avenue section, where at the 72nd Street Station, the Acker, Merrall & Condit building (Wine & Liquor Merchants) at 160 West 72nd Street, can be seen from the train on the Upper West Side.
Interior of a factory with a worm gear cutting machine in operation, New York City. Wheel of a machine moves. Liquid drops on wheel.