BroadwayandGrand-NY_legend
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SoHo Mural Key Henry Wells, co-founder of Wells Fargo & Company in 1852. William G. Fargo, co-founder of Wells Fargo & Company in 1852. In 1826, Samuel Lord and George Washington Taylor created the original upscale store in America. By 1861, Lord & Taylor moved to its second location at the corner of Broadway and Grand, the present site of Wells Fargo Bank. Henry Wells and William Fargo brought their business to San Francisco for the opportunities that the new gold rush provided, but they began their business in New York on March 18, 1852. The papers were signed in Astor House, a luxury hotel located on Broadway between Vesey and Barclay streets. FDNY Engine Company No. 13 and rigs in front of their quarters at 99 Wooster Street, c. 1912. At the time of this photo, the company served the area surrounding the current Wells Fargo bank location. A fish market on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, c. 1910. Mulberry Street is home to the Feast of San Gennaro, an annual celebration of Italian culture, which began in 1926. Greenwich Village has always been home to innovative theatre. Niblo’s Theatre and Garden sat at the corner of Broadway and Prince Street, where “The Black Crook,” the first American musical, was staged in 1866. Arts patron Mabel Dodge held her weekly salon at 23 Fifth Avenue, two blocks north of Washington Square, beginning in 1912. The gatherings included artists, anarchists, writers and reformers. A luau birthday party in Chinatown, 1950. Manhattan’s Chinatown is one of the largest, and one of the oldest, Chinese enclaves outside of Asia. Puck literary magazine, published from 1871 until 1918, satirized the issues of the day. It moved into the landmark Puck Building in 1885. A plan of the province of New York, created and published in London by Jefferys and Faden, 1776. The map includes the ward boundaries; buildings are indexed and numbered. Washington Square Arch was designed by George Sanford White and erected in 1891. In January of 1917, a small group of residents and artists climbed the stairway to the top of the Arch and declared Greenwich Village “…a free and independent republic.” The Haughwout Building, at the corner of Broadway and Broome, was built in 1857. The building was the site of the first passenger elevator in America, designed and installed by Elisha Graves Otis. Introduced in 1885, Wells Fargo money orders were payable throughout the world. In the days when checking accounts were not common, people often used money orders to spend money easily and safely. Daniel D. Badger’s foundry created the cast iron facade of the Haughwout Building, as well as others still located in SoHo today. Wells Fargo & Co. exchange document for $540 in gold issued to C.C. Richards, San Francisco, 1871. When miners wished to send money back east, they traded their gold for a convenient Wells Fargo paper bill of exchange that could be easily carried, mailed and cashed in distant locations. Museum of the City of New York • New York City Fire Museum • The Museum of Chinese in America • Italian American Museum • Lord and Taylor • Otis Elevator Company • New York Public Library, Billy Rose Theatre Collection • New York Public Library, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views • Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University • Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division • Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division • Wells Fargo Corporate Archives
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SoHo Mural Key
Henry Wells, co-founder of Wells Fargo & Company in 1852.
William G. Fargo, co-founder of Wells Fargo & Company in 1852.
In 1826, Samuel Lord and George Washington Taylor created the original upscale store in America. By 1861, Lord & Taylor moved to its second location at the corner of Broadway and Grand, the present site of Wells Fargo Bank.
Henry Wells and William Fargo brought their business to San Francisco forthe opportunities that the new gold rush provided, but they began theirbusiness in New York on March 18, 1852. The papers were signed in AstorHouse, a luxury hotel located on Broadway between Vesey and Barclay streets.
FDNY Engine Company No. 13 and rigs in front of their quarters at 99 Wooster Street, c. 1912. At the time of this photo, the company served the area surrounding the current Wells Fargo bank location.
A fish market on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, c. 1910. Mulberry Street is home to the Feast of San Gennaro, an annual celebration of Italian culture, which began in 1926.
Greenwich Village has always been home to innovative theatre. Niblo’s Theatre and Garden sat at the corner of Broadway and Prince Street, where “The Black Crook,” the first American musical, was staged in 1866.
Arts patron Mabel Dodge held her weekly salon at 23 Fifth Avenue, two blocks north of Washington Square, beginning in 1912. The gatherings included artists, anarchists, writers and reformers.
A luau birthday party in Chinatown, 1950. Manhattan’s Chinatown is one of the largest, and one of the oldest, Chinese enclaves outside of Asia.
Puck literary magazine, published from 1871 until 1918, satirized the issues of the day. It moved into the landmark Puck Building in 1885.
A plan of the province of New York, created and published in London by Jefferys and Faden, 1776. The map includes the ward boundaries; buildings are indexed and numbered.
Washington Square Arch was designed by George Sanford White and erected in 1891. In January of 1917, a small group of residents and artists climbed the stairway to the top of the Arch and declared Greenwich Village “…a free and independent republic.”
The Haughwout Building, at the corner of Broadway and Broome, was built in 1857. The building was the site of the first passenger elevator in America, designed and installed by Elisha Graves Otis.
Introduced in 1885, Wells Fargo money orders were payable throughout the world. In the days when checking accounts were not common, people often used money orders to spend money easily and safely.
Daniel D. Badger’s foundry created the cast iron facade of the Haughwout Building, as well as others still located in SoHo today.
Wells Fargo & Co. exchange document for $540 in gold issued to C.C. Richards, San Francisco, 1871. When miners wished to send money back east, they traded their gold for a convenient Wells Fargo paper bill of exchange that could be easily carried, mailed and cashed in distant locations.
Museum of the City of New York • New York City Fire Museum • The Museum of Chinese in America • Italian American Museum • Lord and Taylor • Otis Elevator Company • New York Public Library, Billy Rose Theatre Collection • New York Public Library, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views • Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University • Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division • Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division • Wells Fargo Corporate Archives
