This film, titled Rube and Mandy at Coney Island, was originally a silent film from 1903, the same year the original Luna Park opened to the public. The film was a comedic short produced by…
This incredible street film titled What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City, 1901 was captured by none other than Thomas A. Edison on August 21st, 1901. From the Library of…
This great vintage film from 1934 shows 18-minutes of a New York Yankees game versus the Philadelphia Athletics with original audio. Restored by YouTuber and historian Guy Jones, the film…
This incredible vintage video from nearly a century ago shows the hustle and bustle of the Theater District and Times Square as the camera films from a car driving down Broadway on December…
This great vintage photograph from 1984 shows Times Square looking towards the north end of the square, blanketed in snow from a small blizzard. Here is a Google StreetView of how the same…
Captured by the famous photographer Eugene de Salignac on April 24th, 1933, this incredible vintage photograph shows the view of lower Manhattan from the top of one of the Brooklyn Bridge's…
On this program we see a rare interview with the mercurial painter, Jean-Michel Basquiat, conducted in 1981 in his studio on Crosby Street, in SOHO. Basquiat, an internationally renowned…
Professional baseball pitcher Satchel Paige is considered one of the all-time greatest pitchers in the history of the sport. He started playing before Jackie Robinson, in an era before black…
The Flatiron Building opened in 1902 and is one of the most significant architectural wonders in New York City. This great vintage photograph shows the building from its most famous angle…
This great vintage photograph shows a group of street cart food vendors selling frankfurters and lemonade on the corner of Broad Street and Beaver Street around 1906. Typical of the era, you…
