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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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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Daily Photo — “Summer in Brooklyn, 1982”
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1982. “In 1980s Brooklyn, teenage couples stand proudly before a flashy Trans Am. Photographer Robert Madden shot this image while on assignment for a June 1982 story by Alice J. Hall, who described the ever changing borough as ‘Much abused, much maligned, and much loved … an authentic American amalgam, with all its achievement and failure.'”
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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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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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Daily Photo — “Grand Central Terminal, New York, 1941”
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Daily Photo — “Ready to Dive, c1921”
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Starlight Park, the Bronx, circa 1921. “Joan Desborough (ready for a dive).” 5×7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection..
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Daily Photo — “Dead End, 1905”
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Circa 1905. “The close of a career in New York.” Photo shows the harsh reality of life in a large city at the opening of the 20th Century. An intrepid soul also found the approximate location of this photograph as it looks today. (H/T to Redditor TiFox)
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Daily Photo — “NYC from the ISS, 3/23/13”
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Photograph of New York City illuminated at night from the International Space Station. Taken March 23, 2013.
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Daily Photo — “Repaving 28th St., NYC, c.1930”
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Workers in New York City work at repaving 28th Street near 6th Avenue in this photograph from around 1930.
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