"Old New York" 

Thanks for a fascinating montage of 1890's-vintage film. It's a rare and exciting view of ordinary people in New York during the horse-and-buggy era living their everyday lives. It is riveting, giving us a brief glimpse through the mist of time to a period in our history that we have only read about. It also reminds us of our own mortality and that the fact that in 100 years, we'll all be gone from this earth too, just like everyone in the film. Caruso (born in 1873) fits right in.

Caruso, ..gives me goosebumps ..BIG W l'Italia che non dimenticava i propri eroi.

It's amazing to see how New York was developed at that time!!!! Capital of the world!

This is amazing and wonderful footage and choice of music! Thank you so much for your effort. It is wonderful.

Amazing video, Caruso's music is as wonderful as the city. Great comments.

Well, you did a wonderful job! I just forwarded this to my daughter, a new film graduate. Just love it! That scene over the grate with skirt flying upward is interesting - probably influenced the Monroe scene.

Beautiful music and a great video. Thank you for posting!!

nice, its quite hard to belive that this is only like 100 years ago, and look were we are now :o

Loved it. I wonder what they knew about history that we now do not.

the timing at the end was hilarious

A great recording of Caruso singing "La donna e mobile".

Yeah,amazing, great footage

New York in the late 1890s and 1906 were the best time to live in the Big Apple!

what a fun, exciting and colorful video thanks for posting it :) it brought back memories of my toothless fat old zombie-looking grandma

SO GOOD.

really amazing video

Thank U for this. Its so interesting to see...especially the last party..you can really see men's attitudes towards women back then. The man just kind of grabs her away ...forcing her

These insights into history really fascinate me. I just love these glimpses into the past, and to listen to Caruso singing is an added bonus. Thank you for sharing. P.S. Like the name. Are you of Scottish extraction?.

Excellent work, what collection in the Lib. of Congress did you use? To think that cop probably was on the force during roosevelt's term as Police Comissioner, amazing. Please do more videos like this.

Loved that comment.

I don't remember. I write that a lot of times. But it wasn't here. Maybe the one of the second page «and you are so damned rude!»

What happan to all the cars, there no cars on the street

@marcsmith8 yes 5th ave east 23

2015

The policeman seems a little domineering.. WOW..my Mom would have been knocked out by one of those guys if she had lived back then! LOL!!!

all the people in this video are dead

use common sense