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Vintage Photograph Shows Broad Street and Financial District's Curb Stock Brokers Circa 1915
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This fantastic vintage photograph from around 1915 shows Broad Street looking North towards Wall Street, and the many curb brokers that traded throughout the day. Here is a Google Street…

Oct. 25, 1966: A 26-ton tension ring promised that “There will be no obstructed views” at Madison Square Garden, still under construction, and “because the seating arrangement is oval, spectators in the end balcony are closer to the playing surface than those in the top-most seats along the sidelines,” reported The Times.
Vintage Aerial Photograph Shows Madison Square Garden Under Construction in 1966
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The Lively Morgue was 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…

Battery Park, Lower Manhattan, 1968
Vintage Aerial Photograph Shows Battery Park and Lower Manhattan in 1968
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This great vintage aerial photograph from 1968 shows the Lower Manhattan waterfront, skyline, and Battery Park pre-World Trade Center. because the excavation of the Twin Towers led to the…

Flatiron Building Construction, New York, 1902
Vintage Photograph Shows the Flatiron Building Under Construction in 1902
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The Flatiron Building, originally called the Fuller Building, is so symbolic of New York City that it seems like it has always been here, but this vintage three-panel photo from 1902 showing…

Vintage Photograph Shows Lower Manhattan Skyline from Manhattan Bridge Circa 1915
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This great vintage photograph from around 1915 shows the view looking west from the Manhattan side of the Manhattan Bridge. The most noticeable structure is the three-facaded Manhattan…

Sunbathing New Yorkers, Tudor City, 1943
Vintage Photograph Shows Rooftop Sunbathers in Midtown Manhattan, 1943
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Recently dug up in the Museum of the City of New York archives by Ephemeral New York, this great vintage photograph from 1943 shows a bunch of New Yorker lounging on a Tudor City rooftop in…

Actor James Dean on a rainy day in Times Square, 1955
Vintage Photograph Shows Actor James Dean on a Rainy Day in Times Square in 1955
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This great vintage photograph of actor James Dean is a colorized version of an iconic shot captured by photographer Dennis Stock for the March 7, 1955 issue of LIFE magazine. The original…

[WATCH] Vintage Waldorf Astoria Publicity Stunt Had Waiters Serve Construction Workers High Above Hotel in 1930
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Back in 1930, while the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was under construction at 301 Park Avenue, the hotel wanted to find a way to show the world how exceptional their service was. They devised a…

The first aerial photo of New York City, taken by photographer James A. Hart in 1906 from a hot air balloon
New York City's First Aerial Photograph Shows Manhattan From Above in 1906
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Captured in 1906 by photographer James A. Hart, this incredible shot is presumed to be the first ever aerial photograph of New York City. The lower end of Manhattan Island photographed from…

Canal Street and Broadway, New York, New York, 1984
Vintage New York City Photograph Shows Corner of Canal Street and Broadway in 1984
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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…