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Perhaps the most famous billboard to ever exist in Times Square, the Camel Cigarettes billboard used steam to fake the appearance of a smoking man. In 1941 a billboard was installed that…

Ephemeral New York is a site that seeks to chronicle "an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts." In a recent post, the site shows a vintage postcard showing a colorized…

Not much is known of this performer, but apparently he was known as the "Human Squirrel" and would climb up cables attached off of very high buildings in order to fundraise for various…

This incredible vintage photograph shows what Times Square looked like in 1944. The photograph does not have an artificial color enhancement, but shows the actual colors of the day. Check it…

One Times Square, the famous building on the south end of Manhattan's Times Square, was once the home of The New York Times. Completed in 1904, and the Times stayed there for just 10 years…

Times Square in New York city. Traffic, pedestrians, Criterion building, Palace Theater, Hotel Astor, Neon signs. Restored the original black and white footage to color using Neural…

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…

This great vintage photograph shows the 1940 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade heading through Times Square, with a 80-foot-tall Superman keeping watch. According to redditor Smallville1938:…

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…