“Chatham Square, New York City, N.Y.,” about 1900. Detroit Publishing Company Collection, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016808153/. Image cropped and electronically restored.
elevated train
“Disaster” means “ill star”
Source: “Elevated car falls to street 2/16/14.” George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002699891/. Photoshopped.