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Times Square, New York, N.Y. 1908
Vintage New York City Photograph Shows a Desolate Times Square Circa 1908
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One Times Square, the famous building on the south end of Manhattan's Times Square built, was once the home of The New York Times. It was completed in 1904 and the Times stayed there for…

New York, 1939
WATCH: Vintage Film Footage Show New York City Street Scenes in Color Circa 1939
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Our friends at Vintage Everyday recently posted this great vintage film (with a modern audio recording overlaid) showing scenes filmed in New York City around 1939, in full color!

Today in 1937 - swimming pool at McCarren Park #thisdayinhistory https://t.co/HW57SD1PoH
Vintage Photograph Captures Swimmers at McCarren Park on This Day in 1937
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The high temperature in New York City on July 12th, 1937 was 84°, prompting hundreds of hot Brooklynites to head to the massive McCarren Park Pool Check out this vintage photograph shared by…

May 17, 1963: A view of sleepy Staten Island and “The Bridge — the $325,000,000 Verrazano-Narrows span, which will join Fort Wadsworth on the island with Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn when it is completed.” The booming growth of the island chagrined some, who “gloomily forecast intolerable overcrowding of schools, stores, living space and roads. They are less sanguine than the enthusiasts about the solution of such problems as lack of sewers, of final mapping and paving of streets and of ‘City Hall red tape’ that discourages prospective industrial development.”
Vintage Aerial Photograph of Bay Ridge, Staten Island, and Verrazano Bridge Under Construction in 1963
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The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…

April 4, 1937: The congestion in Manhattan on this Sunday afternoon was not your typical mix of cars and trucks, but a parade of pachyderms, in town for the Ringling Brothers circus show. “The parade rumbled and clattered across the 125th Street Bridge, and from each corner children cried, ‘Hey, what’s in there?’ ” The Times reported from Uptown, where covered wagons containing the circus’s entertainments collected before the shows. “They pointed to canvas covered wagon No. 57, and it seemed a shame to yell back, ‘property,’ which would have been infinitely too prosaic, though true. So the answer was ‘lions,’ ‘tigers,’ ‘King Kong’ and ‘Mickey Mouse’ alternately, and in most cases the questioners were properly thrilled.”
Vintage Photograph of an Elephant Parade Making Their Way Through Midtown Manhattan in 1937
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The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…

Queensboro Bridge in 1908
Happy Birthday to the Queensboro Bridge! Opened 107 Years Ago on This Date in 1909
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On this day 107 years ago, March 30th, 1909, the world's first double decker bridge opened up connecting the borough of Manhattan with the borough of Queens. The Queensboro Bridge started…

The George Washington Bridge as seen from 179th Street – 1934
Vintage Photograph of the Original Entrance to the George Washington Bridge Circa 1934
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Over 114 million vehicles travel over the George Washington Bridge each year, making it the busiest bridge in the City, the nation and even the world, but it wasn't always this busy. This…

Times Square at Night, circa 1948
Vintage Photograph Shows an Evening in Times Square in Color Circa 1948
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This recently rediscovered photograph of Times Square was developed after uploader Hamburger212 found a negative tucked away at a flea market. Once developed, we see a rare color photograph…

New York City in the 1950s - HD Home Movies
Vintage Film Shows What it Was Like to Be a Tourist in New York City in 1957
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YouTuber Jeff Altman recently uploaded this amazing footage that his grandfather took when visiting NYC back in 1957. It's a great peek at the City over 50 years ago, and it's even in color.…

Times Square, New York, N.Y. 1908
Vintage Photograph of Times Square and Original New York Times Building Circa 1908
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One Times Square, the famous building on the south end of Manhattan's Times Square built, was once the home of The New York Times. It was completed in 1904 and the Times stayed there for…