What a dandy was to the Regency, and an exquisite to the Elizabethans, a dude was to the late 19th century.
Gay Nineties. Dude wardrobe with bowler and lady in afternoon costume.
Category: North America
North America costume
New York and the Brooklyn Bridge. Late 19th Century.
The inhabitants of New York and Brooklyn find nothing special about this large bridge made of steel and iron that connects their cities.
View of the Hudson Highlands. Crow Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point.
Crow Nest is one of the most beautiful mountains of America for shape, verdure, and position
Albany in the State of New York, between the Mohawk and the Hudson.
Albany is the residence of several of the oldest and wealthiest families in the State
The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs.
The Congress Hall has for many years held the palm of fashion among the rival Hotels of Saratoga.
Saratoga Lake. The beauty of the freshwater lake.
The Mohawks believed that its stillness was sacred to the Great Spirit, and that, if a human voice uttered a sound upon its waters, the canoe of the offender would instantly sink.
The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara.
No one who has not seen this spectacle of turbulent grandeur can conceive with what force the swift and overwhelming waters are flung upwards.
The Hudson River Palisades. Dramatic geological formations.
The Palisades are among the most dramatic geological formations in the New York City area.
The outlet of Niagara River from the American side.
American Scenery 1840. This view is taken from the American side, and presents the outlet of the waters of Niagara into Lake Ontario.
The Yosemite Valley in the majesty of its mountain and forest landscapes.
There is perhaps no spot in the world that can surpass the Yosemite Valley in the grandeur of its mountain and forest scenery.