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Broadway, Palais Royal (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2024
[Actresses Millette Alexander and Louise King, and nightclub entertainer Ted Lewis, stand outside a giant mailbox stamp selling booth in Times Square, New York City, while Assistant Postmaster Aquiline F. Weierich dispenses stamps from inside booth] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2023
Fur coats (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2022
Hotel Astor (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded April 2014
Rokend Camel-reclamebord / Smoking billboard from Nationaal Archief uploaded January 2012
Peace rumor, New York. Crowd at Times Square holding up Extras telling about the signing of the Armistice. from U.S. National Archives uploaded March 2011
The "Human Squirrel" who did many daring "stunts" in climbing for benefit of War Relief Funds in New York City. from U.S. National Archives uploaded March 2011
V-J Day in New York City. Crowds gather in Times Square to celebrate the surrender of Japan., 08/15/1945 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2010
New York City celebrating the surrender of Japan. They threw anything and kissed anybody in Times Square., 08/14/1945 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2010
[Portrait of Kaiser Marshall, Art Hodes, Sandy Williams, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, and Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2010
Going to a fire (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2010
Crowd- Election Night - N.Y., 1913 (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded April 2010
Times Square Subway Station and Subway Graffiti. 05/1973 from U.S. National Archives uploaded July 2009
Whelan's Drug Store, 44th Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhatta... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
McGraw Hill Building, from 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue look... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008

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Crowds waiting for Johnson in N.Y. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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dale.neighbors said:
This images is looking east from 42nd Street and 7th Avenue. The building shown on teh left in teh center is the Times Building. In the distance you see the platform for the Elevated on Sixth Avenue.
Art Siegel said:
great catch.. Now can you get the name of the theater? Hammerstein's something or another.
Wystan said:
Hammerstein's Roof Garden, operated by Oscar Hammerstein I. He opened it in 1904, above two theaters that he owned: the Victoria and the Republic. Jack Johnson, the African-American world champion prizefighter, appeared at the Victoria Theater in July of 1910, for an engagement of several days.
Art Siegel said:
Thanks! Johnson was a key figure, maybe even a tragic figure, in the history of rase relations in America.
Wystan said:
The New York Times, on July 12, 1910, ran a story about Johnson's tumultuous welcome in New York City. (This was right after his victory in Reno over former heavyweight champion James Jeffries, "The Great White Hope," cemented Johnson's claim to the title): [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E07E6D9173AE733A25751C1A9619C946196D6CF

Times Square Subway Station and Subway Graffiti. 05/1973

from U.S. National Archives

Valuable Iron said:
Cool!
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Whelan's Drug Store, 44th Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhatta...

from New York Public Library

Gavin Veasey said:
Noticing the prices.
Descriptive Example said:
98 cent toasters look good
tjames221 said:
This is great. Such a contrast to the drugstores we have nowadays. I think I'm going to use this in my revised blog post Anxiety Beta Blocker to show the difference between yesteryear and today.