Results for "1970s"

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States so we would not be doing our part in honoring one of our Nation's great heroes without showing you a bit of MLK in New York City.…

This great vintage film from the 1920s shows several street scenes in parts of Lower and Midtown Manhattan. While the color and sound are not original, they were added to the video to…

A time travel in streets of New York 1940s we can clearly see what is happening in broad daylight, Video Restoration Process: ✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second ✔ Image resolution boosted…

Fantastic shots of George Washington Bridge starts this off, I guess the shots come from either side. Lovely majestic structure! And there's lots of vintage cars too! Then we have shots of…

The skyscrapers of Manhattan needed a new, bolder type of construction worker. They got them in 'roughnecks' - hardened men who worked without safety harnesses, hard hats or even bathroom…

Take a peek at Spectacular New York & Chicago what life was like back in the 1930s-1940s, […] The ride is north on Eighth Avenue from about 39th Street.(New York 1940s) Video Restoration…

Captured sometime in the early 1940s, this vintage photograph shows the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and East 45th Street, in Midtown East. Bickford's was once a major restaurant…

This great vintage photograph from the early 1930s shows the view from the 86th floor observation deck at the Empire State Building, towering over Midtown Manhattan. In the distance, see the…

This vintage photograph from the Library of Congress digital collection shows Easter flower vendors in Union Square Park in the early 1900s. You can still purchase flowers from the same spot…

Marcel Duchamp is known for his "readymade" art that he created over 100 years ago, where he would select items at a store, or combine a few items, then present it as art. He was one of the…