Daily Photo — “”Broadway Advertising”, 1937″
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Here is a fun “then and now” photo, showing a Manhattan storefront in 1937 with the plethora of accompanying signage and distinctive architecture. Today it is a very non-descript, generic Starbucks (See below) [GOOGLE MAPS]
May 7, 1937. “William Goldberg, 771 Broadway, Manhattan.” 8×10 gelatin silver print by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Art Project.
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Tags: 1930s, advertising, architecture, business, history, New York City, then and now, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “Garbage In, Garbage Out, 1943”
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It’s very interesting to see how little (and how much) trash truck technology has evolved in the past 70 years!
May 1943. “New York. Emptying garbage and trash from Harlem apartment houses.” Photo by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information.
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Tags: 1940s, city life, garbage, Harlem, history, New York City, trash, warm-ups, workers, writing
Daily Photo — “The Romance of a People, 1942”
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I love the details you can see in the products displayed here. And imagine having this shop and all these goods on display when you think about what was happening in Europe at this exact moment in 1942! It’s an absolute testament to the freedoms we’ve always enjoyed here in America.
August 1942. “New York. Window of a Jewish religious shop on Broome Street.” Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information.
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Tags: 1940s, city life, history, homefront, Jewish, Jewish History, New York City, shopping, stores, urban life, warm-ups, World War II, writing
Daily Photo — “Rainy Day Times Square, 1943”
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Granted, this is showing a day in New York where it seems to be pouring out, but Times Square looks absolutely empty! Compare this to what you might see there today.
March 1943. “New York, New York. Times Square on a rainy day.” Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information.
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Daily Photo — “In Dreamland, 1905”
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The name Coney Island is synonymous with amusement parks and entertainment from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This image of the Dreamland park shows Coney Island at its height — all of this pictured would be destroyed in a fire only 6 years later. Compare the revelers here to those you might see in an amusement park or on a boardwalk today! There is a great history of Dreamland here.
Coney Island, New York, circa 1905. “In Dreamland.” 8×10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
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Tags: 1900s, amusement, Coney Island, entertainment, history, New York, New York City, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “Brooklyn Halloween, 1965”
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1965. Children dressed up to go trick or treating in Brooklyn, NY. Scan of B&W negative.
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Tags: 1960s, analysis, Brooklyn, Halloween, history, holidays, New York, New York City, NYC, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “Living Sign, c. 1905”
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c. 1905. “A living sign on Fifth Avenue, New York City.” Brand ambassador for Dr. Rankin’s Dental Parlor, conveniently close to a candy store. Photographer Unknown.
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Tags: 1900s, advertising, analysis, business, history, New York City, NYC, us history, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “Children Playing in the Streets of New York City, 1940”
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1940. Two children enjoy playing in the street in New York City.
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Tags: 1940s, children, culture, history, New York City, NYC, photos, play, social studies, us history, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “Rainy Day Times Square, 1943”
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New York, March 1943. “Times Square on a rainy day.” Medium-format nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information.
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Tags: 1940s, history, New York, New York City, NYC, photos, social studies, Times Square, urban life, us history, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “Three Skyscrapers, 1912”
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New York circa 1912. “Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn.” The Singer Building rises at left along with the Woolworth tower and Municipal Building, both under construction. 8×10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co.
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Tags: 1910s, cities, city planning, history, New York, New York City, photos, skyscrapers, social studies, urban life, urban planning, us history, warm-ups, writing
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