Vintage Photograph Shows Rooftop Sunbathers in Midtown Manhattan, 1943

Sunbathing New Yorkers, Tudor City, 1943
Sunbathing New Yorkers, Tudor City, 1943

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 Midtown Manhattan, soaking up the sun.

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