New York’s Big Snowstorm Of 1948
December 19, 1948 – Times Square 8:53 pm On this day 63 years ago, 19.6 inches of snow blanketed the city. Here is Times Square in the midst of this snowstorm with only a few pedestrians and cars...
View ArticleTimes Square January 11, 1954 – Lots of Snow And Cold Weather
January 11-12, 1954 – Biggest Snowstorm In Five Years Hits New York 60 years ago, on Monday January 11, 1954 New York City got walloped with a 10 inch snowstorm with temperatures dipping down to 15...
View ArticleHistoric List Of Every Hotel In Manhattan In 1964
All The Hotels In Manhattan With Addresses and Telephone Numbers From 50 Years Ago From one of the best (and for some reason uncommon) guidebooks to New York City ever published, The New York Guidebook...
View ArticleClassic Hollywood #34
Jayne Mansfield In A Revealing Pose – 1955 Later That Year, Jayne Is Photographed With Her Role Model, Marilyn Monroe This photograph of Jayne Mansfield in a sheer negligee top is not your standard...
View ArticleOld New York In Postcards #12 – 20 Historic Buildings That Were Demolished
20 Historic, Beautiful New York Buildings That Were Demolished New York City real estate developers will always knock down a building if a buck can be made. So it really should come as no surprise that...
View ArticleTen Great Films From The 1940s Featuring New York City
Filming Around New York City In The 1940s During Hollywood’s golden years from the 1930s through the early 1950s there were many films set in New York City, but the vast majority were made on the...
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“On The Town” Filming On Location In New York -1948
A 1940s Movie Rarity – Hollywood Comes To New York To Film “On The Town” Cars in Central Park! Frank Sinatra Jules Munchin and Gene Kelly risk riding bicycles in Central Park in the 1949 movie On The...
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Old New York In Photos #127 – Times Square 1906
Times Square 1906 – The New Hotel Astor, Olympia Theatre & Surroundings This stereoview image of Times Square was taken by the H.C. White Company in 1906. Before The New York Times moved their...
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New York City Celebrates New Year’s Eve – 1908
New Year’s Eve In New York City 1908 This December 26, 1907 cover of Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly magazine shows what the scene would be like on New Year’s Eve 1908. How “the merry crowds in New York...
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Old New York In Photos #138 – Times Square From The Roof Of The Times Tower...
Birdseye View Of Times Square From The Times Tower Building c. 1910 Our view comes from the Keystone Mast Collection and shows the rapidly developing Times Square. But as you can see, north of 42nd...
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Old New York In Postcards #26 – Broadway 1895-1915
Views Along Broadway From Bowling Green To Washington Heights Broadway and 62nd Street – The Colonial Vaudeville Theater is on the left, 1913 Broadway means New York City. Sure there are other...
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