Historic Early 20th Century NYC B&W Photos

[groveChuck]

I love this stuff- some are scratched and damaged, others are beautifully restored.
Some grainy, others tack sharp.

Note the 1084/1280 button.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/04/historic-photos-from-the-nyc-municipal-archives/100286/


These are just 53 out of 870,000 photos archived online and accessible to public, online viewing.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/gallery/home.shtml

Light + Shadow= Magic

 

[Gord.T]

Amazing. 'American Bridge' was nice too. Good stuff. Thanks for the link.

//Heck, they're all nice. ( http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/04/historic-photos-from-the-nyc-municipal-archives/100286/ )


//So many good ones there I wish I could repost. The one with the guy reading a newspaper on the corner and the paper reads "Nazi Army now 75 miles from Paris." (If I read that correctly)

Very nice.

 

[groveChuck]

The one with the guy reading a newspaper on the corner and the paper reads "Nazi Army now 75 miles from Paris." (If I read that correctly)

Very nice.

Yeah, that was the headline.
Eerie how empty the street was in that shot...

 

[mainstreetprod]

My favorite-


...not a safety harness in sight.

 

[groveChuck]

^ Yep, just hangin around on the job...

 

[David G. Smith]

Wow those are great photos. I love stuff like that. I went to the NYC Archive and, "Due to overwhelming demand....", it is down. (At 13:20 EDT, 04/28/12) .... Ok, I can see that!

 

[JeganRX]

Unbelievable... Reminds me of the the kind of historic photos that were taken into account for recreating the world of Boardwalk Empire.

 

[groveChuck]

Wow those are great photos. I love stuff like that. I went to the NYC Archive and, "Due to overwhelming demand....", it is down. (At 13:20 EDT, 04/28/12) .... Ok, I can see that!

There's no demand like overwhelming demand...
They were down last night too- time for new servers???