A film titled 'Lower Broadway'. The sidewalk along Broadway in New York City is crowded with people. There is traffic on the streets and many people crossing the street between streetcars and horses. Numerous electric street cars seen running on Broadway while horse drawn street car moves on cross street, where there is no underground third rail. The horse drawn street car has wording on the side, "Cortlandt and Fulton Street Ferries". Lots of commercial horse carriage and wagon traffic.
A film titled 'Bargain Day, 14th Street, New York', in United States. A view of many tightly packed people crowding in front of 'Rothschild Company 5 and 10 cent Store'
A film titled 'New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market' . View of the fish market at Fulton and South Street (Fulton Fish Market), Manhattan, in Lower Manhattan near the Financial District, in 1903. A very crowded street market. Rows of pushcarts and street vendors. Immense crowd of people are seen passing along the stands and making their selections of fish.
A film titled 'Move On'. View on New York City street of several pushcart vendors gathered to sell their goods (possibly lower east side of Manhattan). Fruit and vegetable carts in the foreground. Vendors congregate closely along sidewalks and interfere with traffic. Policemen approaches swinging his night stick to keep them moving. Elevated railroad train tracks seen in background. Lots of horse carriage and wagon traffic.
A film titled 'Delivering newspapers'. Pedestrians seen on street. Many boys, who want work delivering newspapers, run and gather around a one-horse paneled newspaper van. One boy, missing a leg, and using a crutch, stands and watches. On the side of the van a sign reads 'The World'. The man in the van unloads a bundle of newspapers and the boys struggle for a share of them, leading to a fist fight between two boys.
A film titled 'A street Arab'. A boy acrobat demonstrates his abilities on the street , in front of the camera. He performs various acrobatic stunts, demonstrating remarkable flexibility and strength. He does handsprings, and other similar stunts. He stands on his head and twists around like a top.
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