This 1905 shot of Herald Square is much different than what it looks like today. You can see square's namesake, the original New York Herald Building, the Elevated 6th Avenue IRT line, old…
Brooklyn photographer Samuel Gottscho is well known for his New York City photography in the 1930's. We have featured his photos on Viewing NYC a few times before, and now we have this gem…
This vintage photograph was taken on May 18th, 1940 and features a man reading the morning paper on the corner of 6th Avenue and West 40th street in Manhattan. The headline reads: "Nazi Army…
This fantastic vintage silent film from around 1916 shows a trip down the 6th Avenue El heading south starting at Midtown Manhattan. Created by the Ford Motor Company and placed within the…
The original Pennsylvania Station was a historic railroad station, opened in 1910 and demolished a short 54 years later. It's grandeur matched or exceeded that of Grand Central Terminal, and…
This great vintage photograph from 1965 shows Times Square in the early evening. The theater in the center, on the corner of 47th Street and 7th Avenue, is the RKO Palace Theater, once New…
Opening in June of 1909, the Queensboro Bridge is the only bridge spanning the East River that is not a suspension bridge, but rather a five-span cantilever truss. From opening day until…
Photographer Margaret Bourke-White, former associate editor and staff photographer of Fortune magazine, captured this great aerial photograph showing a low-flying DC-4 plane over Midtown…
Last week, we showed you a great vintage photograph from 1943 showing the technologically advanced smoking Camel Billboard in Times Square. That smoking billboard would remain in the square…
Amateur photographer and former porn actor John A. Mozzer was in New York City during the raunchy, dirty, "Old New York" and he loved it. In this series of photographs snapped while…
