Offered here is a group of three original 19th-century stereoviews of New York City architecture and streetscapes, with a focus on Union Square and Broadway. These provide vivid documentation of the commercial core of Manhattan in the pre-skyscraper era, when iron-front buildings and horse-drawn streetcars defined the cityscape.

The first view, from E. & H.T. Anthony’s Popular Series, features Everett House at Union Square, a prominent luxury hotel and political gathering spot in the mid-1800s. The building’s clean lines and restrained ornamentation reflect the city’s transition into post-Federal commercial architecture. Another stereoview depicts the famed A.T. Stewart's Department Store at Broadway and 10th Street—an iconic white marble structure and one of the earliest examples of a large-scale American retail emporium, shown bustling with carriages and foot traffic. The third image, anonymous and unsigned, is an excellent early elevated street view showing a busy Broadway scene, with pedestrians, storefronts, and a distant church spire dominating the background.

These images together offer a rich portrait of Gilded Age New York commerce, architecture, and street life. Cards exhibit moderate wear with some corner and edge rubbing, minor foxing, and handling soil as expected for the period, but remain strong examples with well-preserved contrast and composition. A worthwhile trio for collectors of early New York or urban photographic history.