Chorus girls arriving in New York City, from Englnd, in 1926. George Grantham Bain.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJL1uwn_Pq8Y_Vcd8fFHzZx53WTxItYAmoG5iaXrr9dfYqiAZ9CreRTSOMzD6eStotQ7vjCUgjLK76t3cs9jlzrwAnp2-gt7bPU_uIF1MlYs-Zh_52pjie83S6Upzl_FBhyphenhyphenTE3oTh9UTv/s400/rare_pho.jpg)
View from Empire State Building to Chrysler Building and Queensboro Bridge. January 1932.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNSU2u2QgzYOCbE3m-ftbNdpsjjqZM3U0cRkDwo4-nX1OKWbFO97LKwZvI1i-KvWp5L-hGvADt19EG5VzJfUxALA_fx9EsHY2e-OzoRrychbVgyK5K2vwbTdA8f-aGKRvkA6Unf7R5rBU/s400/rare_php.jpg)
An old woman carrying a heavy load on Lafayette St. February 1912.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ9qodHbXBb0cpxhss-mzbS7JnMMijVZu_61RBSpTZp3NpLmAyOrqE0Xz_FEEGGUb8U4xZ5xg_SyYzsOEoQS-rTotKAp35K9FMC1lZA8vdvwvsMmNqp60IxvKj2UtLYToCsX61r4wo1RE/s400/rare_phq.jpg)
Suffragettes on way to Boston. George Grantham Bain Collection.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fl_jnkdyFzpq_uQaFWdka168aF1fGhSmRCb2JFPJzD9UNYP-vvs_uSAvQ5PbngwwN_Uf4-iv8otoTKXJmxkIf4GLyl-S5v5UwGK_grAZDAzUg9OPXXeDKTqG7wezJnq06WFrIcWCSDKu/s400/rare_phr.jpg)
Huts made of salvaged materials. Notice the baby carriage. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. October 25, 1935.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPA3ueTqgKxo024Wb4mgqVUrldUCKvja95gF3rNyuMQ1LX8Qvg6UpljK0XUhWlsPIqG956F53RFuBX8_Eu04_LvEuP_p9YWuqD9U-FvMqetiTF_KV16oY6hzpO-dap293RwkjQA0XYQpV/s400/rare_phs.jpg)
School children around May poles in Central Park.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAuBHh6284emX2rRz2pCRYLVCkBFot3OtsL7uZx1q949xPUNZzvlvwDCFTL-STSTr8_cBd2s9IAqhkhDyjyIo11Wbu5eVIVf7_39E2GpZ4AW_oKNTChIiJoIgnXj4JRHYh4e2SzeeR92S/s400/rare_pht.jpg)
Produce market on Washington Street. 1952.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEwxCBex7q1TaCGHBhB9HeXUgN6Zvb3xl6nT11c-ZTzIxuDoQifmDzsp9PRGxz4WbaQgg5B54wT4UyPHMVRTqnA5zEBk2jKSLiEBp1l5TQCAOp4vXjBSwP0Zhj6NmRNIuvlSJuMDbONzm/s400/rare_phu.jpg)
Grand Central Terminal. October 1941.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6NemsSnbIPAfJcbyM2VDrNJ4JzMnMEVB5UF_vR82wuM-q6HYisNUrahzU1J7lg7XF-jlYl2cGe9U5i5u9kTRLMtbTlZjQ9Mgzg2uMPQuzKWhkA7kQ5ClGQ0mIUz_fRL9I3OHiXwY4dex/s400/rare_phv.jpg)
A row of hanging oppossums.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzUKlYsmGoytFeeE2nEwnhGGDvaLNKk5J_f8AQII29ZrUVzokEc5R0L0thyphenhyphenYGlCO5NxOzfDUWVDek6cyskBQpkRi7PIXSmQgjlOsdQJo3FvCknk_lFnWm7pTq77GU7XRAmvBZsHEVq0Is/s400/rare_phw.jpg)
S.S. Coamo leaving New York. December 1941.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcgJRidQd-mx9jg28DcMdlEs6nrLAwDDIbwnJI3f45ix0gnoY0-2pyyTwPEdXcGMhAfeQBGcUemK1MAOJJApE1SVPoLZ923DI2U9lsvkqoRGyVYDGGO7pPXvwvkBTkNFyCz71cn7UBArV/s400/rare_phx.jpg)
Clam seller in Mulberry Bend. Around 1900.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgds7lberxY7q9Luu-kJa2Vn1hboU_Daw1G4xo_0TT1mSAczvkFs8TwYjMuYfSO_gNmk0sVlTetUhr_GRzwPj87sYr2LOstMcC792UA8q3r6aSN4nSHzBdP-mgGpMQTLCZs7f5d8UuX60Uv/s400/rare_phy.jpg)
Camel cigarette advertisement. Times Square, Feb 1943.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6US2oyQw9kUjRoct-KidrhmHhna8Wte6oq82zdFNfj8ueNirMj30A4L-2y809z2aaTlkhvm8707s8DWa19iekBLBgeITlEKNkXRA5jHC2ko6itFdDQA7VAvalHJQabWaNzwuk3dvFhmrj/s400/rare_phz.jpg)
Rear view of tenement, 134 1/2 Thompson Street. Lewis Wickes Hine. February 1912.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgTLFJZuXtnvbaEYX-KefZnWNsHM_o8HZyyr24QqJCoqd6PrNBOTWlGVO8aiB1zC7vkbMCtMCo9x09MyipZOUFk7gujcSSdO2Q2KjJlY8HYiuDZQ6LvCNkL3a7DvZAZjhct2SN8cEIajf/s400/rare_pi0.jpg)
52nd St. and E. River. December 1931.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7CsGv92UfbGDdubQzirvHZg9r-IKcex8D4oFhmRb9ljjSB1rt1ClBKwBI1L6FHVkBAb6SKqaTbTyT7p_EFhSR4cx3RIwk9tRu2d8ELw1Bds-mQBjCv5gKrDLg8vxLqtlV1d3bZwgWlOb/s400/rare_pi1.jpg)
The Mall, Central Park. Around 1905.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDp1VQpwHLYvw6tHj0mpjAM5pP6VOSqxhPeCHKUbo1Klwyf5FWKVhSauUrJIgpLT4ptdSgwUCunEoduVtKM58YT_ps3YQfAn-Rbwz_d5d-IOe0Rr7QED6Q4VHUp1xYelNyX9klU-MF_rh/s400/rare_pi2.jpg)
View from 27th floor. December 1931.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tbgPtwi_J4otA9tRnI1w_SdnLrwWjZ7AEwV8tN1h_T71LpbEYhMK_mWOt73RkeNAgZd4xEIdlFX4iXO7Mfz0ORcW_5aVUCQzFXhISWNvEhsL2niQjZ39dfMATTUG0rmPkOSJzOkUC0QE/s400/rare_pi3.jpg)
Gramercy Park, Manhattan. Check out the decorative ironwork. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. November 27, 1935.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qGxfYsXHtrhakf-GrZKLTsLaSOoMB8QMkcLB6k5NAigNQ8CKQqPCR5EYmP8gbCjpyOqlVDQFTOQf1IKc87KoqEinnLBADyKAfO4P5eq1YULHiOAZttl4Eqqq5O0P_YouUnUtYvWKFl7I/s400/rare_pi4.jpg)
A girl carrying kimonos. Thompson St, February 1912.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVUTln0eu3IikbnKrGu-uyoNApRTMLnXB77F-8st6oq8COS7TadAqG4JRwFogyFU-Sniw3qM68Hop53S1YLc84kuFylgFdVqZ8xygrMYr9qdkFxcxGRBA2L-PzhQo8UyHYEJKPrs7WvO_/s400/rare_pi5.jpg)
Washington Market, 1917.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfer5MvPW3OyxlXlEgyIH2ri6tc-vhACp70rudmNg-GmvWsT5cAca1gWgmDa0upOAwV6KxTBxrk5pU-Gqhcgz7vjhqu9pk7_XYo5WJk_nKyM_4RR5gpi42_zvKQdgtvuCKLFQ3Sm7YamPU/s400/rare_pi6.jpg)
Italian Festa.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrxDJgMt9ZifMdICsXMOaoRn21OAyo5LmHdKo_r8lpA-4UkygUH6gYpzXFsm7q4Ae2f76k_I6WCsXdk6NS3b07s7H93v8ahqyQEYp5JlaN7zIfD5WpQeKcLhyphenhyphenj5WikI5zf-XaJhccdwT9/s400/rare_pi7.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJL1uwn_Pq8Y_Vcd8fFHzZx53WTxItYAmoG5iaXrr9dfYqiAZ9CreRTSOMzD6eStotQ7vjCUgjLK76t3cs9jlzrwAnp2-gt7bPU_uIF1MlYs-Zh_52pjie83S6Upzl_FBhyphenhyphenTE3oTh9UTv/s400/rare_pho.jpg)
View from Empire State Building to Chrysler Building and Queensboro Bridge. January 1932.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNSU2u2QgzYOCbE3m-ftbNdpsjjqZM3U0cRkDwo4-nX1OKWbFO97LKwZvI1i-KvWp5L-hGvADt19EG5VzJfUxALA_fx9EsHY2e-OzoRrychbVgyK5K2vwbTdA8f-aGKRvkA6Unf7R5rBU/s400/rare_php.jpg)
An old woman carrying a heavy load on Lafayette St. February 1912.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ9qodHbXBb0cpxhss-mzbS7JnMMijVZu_61RBSpTZp3NpLmAyOrqE0Xz_FEEGGUb8U4xZ5xg_SyYzsOEoQS-rTotKAp35K9FMC1lZA8vdvwvsMmNqp60IxvKj2UtLYToCsX61r4wo1RE/s400/rare_phq.jpg)
Suffragettes on way to Boston. George Grantham Bain Collection.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fl_jnkdyFzpq_uQaFWdka168aF1fGhSmRCb2JFPJzD9UNYP-vvs_uSAvQ5PbngwwN_Uf4-iv8otoTKXJmxkIf4GLyl-S5v5UwGK_grAZDAzUg9OPXXeDKTqG7wezJnq06WFrIcWCSDKu/s400/rare_phr.jpg)
Huts made of salvaged materials. Notice the baby carriage. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. October 25, 1935.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPA3ueTqgKxo024Wb4mgqVUrldUCKvja95gF3rNyuMQ1LX8Qvg6UpljK0XUhWlsPIqG956F53RFuBX8_Eu04_LvEuP_p9YWuqD9U-FvMqetiTF_KV16oY6hzpO-dap293RwkjQA0XYQpV/s400/rare_phs.jpg)
School children around May poles in Central Park.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAuBHh6284emX2rRz2pCRYLVCkBFot3OtsL7uZx1q949xPUNZzvlvwDCFTL-STSTr8_cBd2s9IAqhkhDyjyIo11Wbu5eVIVf7_39E2GpZ4AW_oKNTChIiJoIgnXj4JRHYh4e2SzeeR92S/s400/rare_pht.jpg)
Produce market on Washington Street. 1952.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEwxCBex7q1TaCGHBhB9HeXUgN6Zvb3xl6nT11c-ZTzIxuDoQifmDzsp9PRGxz4WbaQgg5B54wT4UyPHMVRTqnA5zEBk2jKSLiEBp1l5TQCAOp4vXjBSwP0Zhj6NmRNIuvlSJuMDbONzm/s400/rare_phu.jpg)
Grand Central Terminal. October 1941.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6NemsSnbIPAfJcbyM2VDrNJ4JzMnMEVB5UF_vR82wuM-q6HYisNUrahzU1J7lg7XF-jlYl2cGe9U5i5u9kTRLMtbTlZjQ9Mgzg2uMPQuzKWhkA7kQ5ClGQ0mIUz_fRL9I3OHiXwY4dex/s400/rare_phv.jpg)
A row of hanging oppossums.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzUKlYsmGoytFeeE2nEwnhGGDvaLNKk5J_f8AQII29ZrUVzokEc5R0L0thyphenhyphenYGlCO5NxOzfDUWVDek6cyskBQpkRi7PIXSmQgjlOsdQJo3FvCknk_lFnWm7pTq77GU7XRAmvBZsHEVq0Is/s400/rare_phw.jpg)
S.S. Coamo leaving New York. December 1941.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcgJRidQd-mx9jg28DcMdlEs6nrLAwDDIbwnJI3f45ix0gnoY0-2pyyTwPEdXcGMhAfeQBGcUemK1MAOJJApE1SVPoLZ923DI2U9lsvkqoRGyVYDGGO7pPXvwvkBTkNFyCz71cn7UBArV/s400/rare_phx.jpg)
Clam seller in Mulberry Bend. Around 1900.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgds7lberxY7q9Luu-kJa2Vn1hboU_Daw1G4xo_0TT1mSAczvkFs8TwYjMuYfSO_gNmk0sVlTetUhr_GRzwPj87sYr2LOstMcC792UA8q3r6aSN4nSHzBdP-mgGpMQTLCZs7f5d8UuX60Uv/s400/rare_phy.jpg)
Camel cigarette advertisement. Times Square, Feb 1943.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6US2oyQw9kUjRoct-KidrhmHhna8Wte6oq82zdFNfj8ueNirMj30A4L-2y809z2aaTlkhvm8707s8DWa19iekBLBgeITlEKNkXRA5jHC2ko6itFdDQA7VAvalHJQabWaNzwuk3dvFhmrj/s400/rare_phz.jpg)
Rear view of tenement, 134 1/2 Thompson Street. Lewis Wickes Hine. February 1912.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgTLFJZuXtnvbaEYX-KefZnWNsHM_o8HZyyr24QqJCoqd6PrNBOTWlGVO8aiB1zC7vkbMCtMCo9x09MyipZOUFk7gujcSSdO2Q2KjJlY8HYiuDZQ6LvCNkL3a7DvZAZjhct2SN8cEIajf/s400/rare_pi0.jpg)
52nd St. and E. River. December 1931.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7CsGv92UfbGDdubQzirvHZg9r-IKcex8D4oFhmRb9ljjSB1rt1ClBKwBI1L6FHVkBAb6SKqaTbTyT7p_EFhSR4cx3RIwk9tRu2d8ELw1Bds-mQBjCv5gKrDLg8vxLqtlV1d3bZwgWlOb/s400/rare_pi1.jpg)
The Mall, Central Park. Around 1905.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDp1VQpwHLYvw6tHj0mpjAM5pP6VOSqxhPeCHKUbo1Klwyf5FWKVhSauUrJIgpLT4ptdSgwUCunEoduVtKM58YT_ps3YQfAn-Rbwz_d5d-IOe0Rr7QED6Q4VHUp1xYelNyX9klU-MF_rh/s400/rare_pi2.jpg)
View from 27th floor. December 1931.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tbgPtwi_J4otA9tRnI1w_SdnLrwWjZ7AEwV8tN1h_T71LpbEYhMK_mWOt73RkeNAgZd4xEIdlFX4iXO7Mfz0ORcW_5aVUCQzFXhISWNvEhsL2niQjZ39dfMATTUG0rmPkOSJzOkUC0QE/s400/rare_pi3.jpg)
Gramercy Park, Manhattan. Check out the decorative ironwork. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. November 27, 1935.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qGxfYsXHtrhakf-GrZKLTsLaSOoMB8QMkcLB6k5NAigNQ8CKQqPCR5EYmP8gbCjpyOqlVDQFTOQf1IKc87KoqEinnLBADyKAfO4P5eq1YULHiOAZttl4Eqqq5O0P_YouUnUtYvWKFl7I/s400/rare_pi4.jpg)
A girl carrying kimonos. Thompson St, February 1912.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVUTln0eu3IikbnKrGu-uyoNApRTMLnXB77F-8st6oq8COS7TadAqG4JRwFogyFU-Sniw3qM68Hop53S1YLc84kuFylgFdVqZ8xygrMYr9qdkFxcxGRBA2L-PzhQo8UyHYEJKPrs7WvO_/s400/rare_pi5.jpg)
Washington Market, 1917.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfer5MvPW3OyxlXlEgyIH2ri6tc-vhACp70rudmNg-GmvWsT5cAca1gWgmDa0upOAwV6KxTBxrk5pU-Gqhcgz7vjhqu9pk7_XYo5WJk_nKyM_4RR5gpi42_zvKQdgtvuCKLFQ3Sm7YamPU/s400/rare_pi6.jpg)
Italian Festa.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrxDJgMt9ZifMdICsXMOaoRn21OAyo5LmHdKo_r8lpA-4UkygUH6gYpzXFsm7q4Ae2f76k_I6WCsXdk6NS3b07s7H93v8ahqyQEYp5JlaN7zIfD5WpQeKcLhyphenhyphenj5WikI5zf-XaJhccdwT9/s400/rare_pi7.jpg)