Video artist Nelson Sullivan went everywhere and filmed just about everything in New York City in the 1980s. In this recently uploaded video from the 5 Ninth Avenue Project — the NYU-run…
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 colorized vintage photograph from 1919 shows the Harlem Hellfighters after they returned home from World War I, wearing their famous Cross of War medals. Redditor Strahozor tells…
This interesting vintage film from March, 1930 features an "inquiring cameraman from the Newsreel Theater" asks New Yorkers on the street whether they prefer short or long skirts on women.…
Uploaded to OldSchoolCool by Redditor rachmaninoffkills, this great vintage photograph shows the southeast corner of Canal Street and Broadway on the SoHo/Tribeca border back in 1984. Here…
Built on Wall Street in 1700, Federal Hall is the building where George Washington took his oath as our nation's first President. In later years, Federal Hall would hold the first U.S.…
Operated by the New York Transit Museum, the Holiday Nostalgia Train is a subway train made of vintage cars dating back to the 1930s. Running a limited route open the public every Sunday in…
Using personal photographs from his own collection and his father's, Greenpoint native and amateur photographer Jack Olszewski has a great Instagram account under @_missingthepoint_ that…
Snapped by photojournalist Marjory Collins in September of 1942, this great vintage photograph shows a busy Central Park lake filled with rowboats. Also captured in the foreground of the…
This fantastic vintage film from 1929 shows a collection of street scenes around Midtown and Lower Manhattan. It was restored and uploaded by YouTuber and historian Guy Jones. Collection of…
