A film titled 'Skyscrapers of New York City, from the North River'. Views from boat traveling South on the Hudson River toward the ocean. West shoreline and piers of lower Manhattan seen. Large modern ocean liner at pier. Docked boats seen. A tug with a "C" on the stack passes by. Several small steamboats come into view. The Pennsylvania Railroad piers and the Lehigh Valley Railroad piers seen with docked car floats. Several piers seen. Skyscrapers and shoreline seen. Trinity Church visible near Wall Street. Pennsylvania Railroad piers seen with barges docked. United Fruit Company occupies New Pier I. Views of New York City Aquarium and Castle Garden (Battery Park).
A film titled 'Panorama of Blackwell's Island, N.Y.'. Shore of Blackwell's Island seen, from boat . The lighthouse, at extreme Southern end of the island. Smoke from the Island's power plant stacks is visible. Sea wall built by inmates. Insane Asylum, including octagonal Lunatic asylum for women; Large Workhouse. Piers for construction of the Queensboro (59th street) Bridge. The Penetentiary Warden's home nearby; and the Penetentiary, itself. Finally, we see the Charity Hospital.
A film titled 'Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island'. A view of the steamboat ferry "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked. Immigrant passengers are seen coming up the gangway and onto the dock.
A film titled 'Emigrants (i.e. immigrants) landing at Ellis Island'. Immigrants on dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. Crowd of immigrant passengers with their luggage are guided by officers on arrival.
A film titled ' Departure of Peary [and the] Roosevelt from New York '. A large steamship docked at pier in background. The schooner "Roosevelt" docked at a pier. Seemingly wealthy men in straw hats and women in long dresses and elaborate hats, consistent with late gilded age, board ship. Polar explorer Robert Peary seen on the gangway. Several other vessels seen in the river.
A film titled 'Panorama from Times Building, New York', United States . View from the newly constructed Times Building, at Broadway (Times Square) of the street below with pedestrians and vehicles. View over top of the buildings seen in Midtown Manhattan. Clothes seen hanging on some rooftops. Serpentine path in public park. The Hippodrome. Numerous apartment houses. Hotels. The New York Theater. Times Square.
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