The Twenty Hilarious Historic Photos of New York City

by: Raju
from: http://smashingusa.com/


The New York City is one of the most popular city in United States, officially named the City of New York, and the most densely populated major city in North America. The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the world’s major global cities with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. In 1524 the first European explorer enters New York Harbor.

An old woman carrying a heavy load on Lafayette St. February 1912.


Camel cigarette advertisement. Times Square, Feb 1943.

Chorus girls arriving in New York City, from England, in 1926. George Grantham Bain.

View from 27th floor. December 1931.

Clam seller in Mulberry Bend. Around 1900.

Gramercy Park, Manhattan. Check out the decorative ironwork. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. November 27, 1935.

Grand Central Terminal. October 1941.

Italian Festa.

A girl carrying kimonos. Thompson St, February 1912.

Suffragettes on way to Boston. George Grantham Bain Collection.

A row of hanging oppossums.

Produce market on Washington Street. 1952.

52nd St. and E. River. December 1931.

School children around May poles in Central Park.

S.S. Coamo leaving New York. December 1941.

Rear view of tenement, 134 1/2 Thompson Street. Lewis Wickes Hine. February 1912.

The Mall, Central Park. Around 1905.

View from Empire State Building to Chrysler Building and Queensboro Bridge. January 1932.

Washington Market, 1917.

Huts made of salvaged materials. Notice the baby carriage. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. October 25, 1935.

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