ORIGINS HISTORICAL ARCHIVE
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Arthurs Seat
The winding road and the Garden of the Moon
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Ballarat
Lydiard Street, 1888.
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Black Hill
The view from Black Hill, 1945.
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Bourke Street
The General Post Office, tram routes and the view west from Swanston Street.
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Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges
Bridge towers, Brooklyn waterfront streets and views across to Lower Manhattan.
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Buninyong
Crown Hotel on Main Street, 1963.
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Cape Schanck
The lighthouse and Pulpit Rock
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Central Park
Bethesda Fountain, Bow Bridge and the paths around the Lake.
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Chelsea
The Chelsea Hotel, the Grand Opera House and the apartment blocks of West Chelsea.
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City Hall and Civic Center
City Hall Park, the former post office and the Municipal Building.
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Clunes
Clunes Post and Telegraph Office, 1890.
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Collins Street
Churches, banks and the Federal Coffee Palace along Collins Street.
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Creswick
Bank of New South Wales, 1930.
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Dromana
Dromana’s story is closely tied to the bay: first as a route for local produce, then as a destination for visitors arriving by sea.
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East Village and Alphabet City
Avenue C, Avenue D and the former animal hospital on the Lower East Side.
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Elizabeth Street
Cable trams, shopfronts and the road south to Flinders Street Station.
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Ellis Island
The immigration station, its main hall and the view back to Manhattan.
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Fifth Avenue and Midtown
The New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, St Patrick’s Cathedral and the Midtown street grid.
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Flatiron and Madison Square
The Flatiron Building, Madison Square and the streets around the old Madison Square Garden.
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Flinders
West Head, the bay and the memorial seat
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Flinders & Spencer Streets
Stations, river crossings and the old Fish Market at the edge of the city.
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Greenwich Village
Washington Square Arch, Greenwich House and the houses on Grove Street.
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Herald Square and Penn Station
Macy’s, Greeley Square and the original Pennsylvania Station.
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Hudson River Waterfront
The West Street ferry terminals, Washington Market and the waterfront warehouses.
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Lake Wendouree
The boat sheds, c. 1920–1940.
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Liberty Island
The Statue of Liberty from the water, the air and Fort Wood.
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Lonsdale Street
Hospital buildings, law courts and the view east from Spencer Street.
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Lower East Side and Chinatown
Henry Street tenements, Mott Street, Doyers Street and Chatham Square.
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McCrae
The Lighthouse Store and Nepean Highway
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Melbourne from the air
Aerial and elevated views from Skylines of a City, matched to their historic subjects.
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Mornington
Explore Mornington’s hotels, Main Street, beaches and harbour through photographs from Origins: Mornington Peninsula.
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Mount Eliza
Canadian Bay, Ranelagh Beach and the village shops
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Mount Martha
The beach, post office and general store
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New York Harbor
Manhattan seen from the ferries, Governors Island and above the harbour.
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Portsea
Portsea Pier, the hotel and Front Beach
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Queen Street
Banks, government offices and the approach to Queen Victoria Market.
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Rosebud
The Rosebud Hotel and the pier
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Russell Street
The gaol, police headquarters, courts and hotels of Russell Street.
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Rye
Rye’s back beach and hotel
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Safety Beach
Walking the Safety Beach foreshore
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Sebastopol
Blythewood Grange, Grant Street, 1878.
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SoHo and Little Italy
Broadway at Broome Street, the Bowery and the shops around Mulberry Street.
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Sorrento
The steam train, the Esplanade and Whitehall
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South Street Seaport
East River piers, the Downtown Skyport and Fulton Fish Market.
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Spring & Exhibition Streets
Parliament, theatres and the Eastern Market at the eastern end of the grid.
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Swanston Street
The cathedral, the station and the busy crossings on Swanston Street.
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Times Square
Broadway, Seventh Avenue and the changing billboards at their intersection.
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Tootgarook
Nepean Highway through Tootgarook, then and now.
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Union Square and Gramercy
Union Square, Irving Place and the elevated lines around 14th Street.
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Upper East and West Sides
First Avenue at 61st and 62nd streets and the Dakota on Central Park West.
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Upper Manhattan and Riverside Drive
Riverside Drive monuments, Grant’s Tomb and the elevated railway at 110th Street.
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Wall Street and the Battery
Wall Street, Broad Street, Bowling Green and the southern tip of Manhattan.
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William Street
The Mint, the wool trade and the courts along William Street.
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Williamsburg Bridge
The Williamsburg Bridge approach at South Eighth and Berry streets.
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World Trade Center and Radio Row
Radio shops on Cortlandt Street and the view along Dey Street.
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Yarra River
Princes Bridge, Alexandra Gardens and Melbourne seen from the water.
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