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Dec. 29, 1946: “It’s a lark!” exclaimed a passenger on one of the last trips of one of New York City’s last five double-decker, open-top buses. “It’s a shame they’re taking them away. During the summer months they’d be wonderful,” the woman added. “The Fifth Avenue Coach Company had ordered the use of the old open double-deckers discontinued as of 1 p.m.,” reported The Times, which also noted that the buses had been running there since 1907 and that “some of the old machines would be sent to Argentina and Cuba,” and others would be scrapped for parts.
Vintage Photograph From 1946 Shows One of City's Last Double Decker Bus Rides Through Washington Square Park
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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…

The Eighth Avenue trolley, New York City, sharing the street with horse-drawn produce wagon and an open automobile. Downtown, looking north
Vintage Panorama Photograph From 1904 Shows Eighth Avenue Trolley and Pedestrians Downtown
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The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration has a great digital collection titled American Cities which "depicts the city, its development, and its people and their way of life…

Stock Footage - NEW YORK GREENWICH VILLAGE FASHION & LIFESTYLES 1960s
Vintage Video Shows What Life Was Like in 1960s Greenwich Village for "Countrified Cosmopolitans"
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Uploaded to YouTube by MyFootage.com, this vintage video shows what life was like in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. A place away from the hustle and bustle of Downtown and Midtown, a place…

BLOCKS NYC Coloring Book: Music Scene in Greenwich Village
BLOCKS NYC, a New Coloring Book Featuring Famous Greenwich Village Album Cover Shots From 60s and 70s
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BLOCKS NYC is a cool new coloring book for adults featuring famous album covers taken in Greenwich Village in the 1960s and 1970s. The BLOCKS NYC Colouring Book includes artist illustrated…

Fencing practice on the roof of one of the University buildings, January 1929
Check Out This Vintage Photograph of NYU Students Fencing On the Roof in 1929
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If you thought sword fighting wasn't exciting enough, try it on the roof. In this vintage photograph from 1929, the New York University fencing team practices on the rooftop. Especially…

Vintage Photograph of Washington Square Park When Used as a Parking Lot in 1960s
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Edit 02/03/2016 2:56pm After hearing from the Estate of Fred W. McDarrah, it appears that Viewing NYC readers are not to see this preview image photo. So, in full compliance with the…

The Samovar, West Fourth Street; photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals.
Vintage Photographs of Greenwich Village's Bohemian Partiers Over a Century Ago
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A recent posting in The Vault, Slate's historical blog, historian Rebecca Onion tells the story of early American photographer Jessie Tarbox Beals and her personal life amongst the other…

Greenwich Village Sunday - 1960
Take a Sunday Tour Through 1960's Greenwich Village
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Greenwich Village and Washington Square Park have changed greatly over the years. Long before the some of City's wealthiest inhabitants took over, the area was full of artists and musicians,…

Streets of New York City in the Great Gatsby Era of New York in the 1920's
1920's Era Film Showing a Runaway Horse-Drawn Trolly Plowing Through the City
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In what was probably considered to be an "Action Film" back in the 1920's, this short video above shows a horsecar plowing through parts of a busy Manhattan, narrowly avoiding pedestrians,…