Old New York in Photos #13
Herald Square (Before It Became, Herald Square) circa 1888 34th Street where Sixth Avenue and Broadway intersect is known as Herald Square because the New York Herald newspaper had their building...
View ArticleOld New York in Photos #22
Times Square And The New York Times Tower Building 1908 Times Square is burgeoning with activity in 1908 and there is so much to see in this picture. This photograph of Times Square was part of The...
View Article7 Old Ads Of New York Businesses From 1874
How Macy’s, Tiffany & Co. And Other New York Firms Advertised Their Businesses In 1874 The 1874 book New York Past and Present by Charles Edwin Prescott (Mercantile Publishing) contains interesting...
View ArticleThe Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade In 1936
How The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons Looked in 1936 – Snapshots Taken From Broadway & 92nd Street The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in 1924. In 1928 helium filled...
View ArticleTen Great Films From The 1940s Featuring New York City
Filming Around New York City In The 1940s During Hollywood’s golden years from the 1930s through the early 1950s there were many films set in New York City, but the vast majority were made on the...
View ArticleHuge Crowd Of Last Minute Shoppers At Macy’s -1942
1942 – Crowds Come To Macy’s At The Last Minute, Not For Christmas Gifts, But Liquor The government can raise food taxes, gasoline taxes and income taxes and people will get riled up. But when you...
View ArticleOld New York In Photos #83 – Macy’s & Surroundings 1905
Around Macy’s Herald Square – The Greatest Store In The World 1905 This high definition photograph of Macy’s department store was taken by the Detroit Publishing Company in 1905. Macy’s led the march...
View ArticleOld New York In Photos #88 – 14th Street & 6th Ave. c. 1905
The 14th Street Store of Henry Siegel – 14th St. & 6th Ave c. 1905 These two photographs were taken by the Detroit Photographic Co. on the same day, likely minutes apart. They show Henry...
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Old New York In Photos #97 – Long Acre Square 1908 & How Times Square Got Its...
Long Acre Square 1908 aka Times Square And The Man Who Named It Fashionable ladies, trolleys, horse drawn vehicles and turn-of-the-century buildings abound in this picture of Long Acre Square otherwise...
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Old New York In Photos #104 – Mystery Church & Street In New York City
A New York City Tree Lined Street With A Church – Where Is This? At first glance you might think this would be some rural village scene, not New York City. But this old stereoview photograph has...
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Old New York In Postcards #22 – 1950s New York City In Color
Color Postcards of New York City In The 1950s The world famous Radio City Music Hall When you say the words “old New York” a monochrome picture may materialize within you. What is old? It depends how...
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The Big Department Store In New York In 1898 – Siegel-Cooper
Some Facts About Siegel Cooper – The Big Store 1898 Siegel-Cooper Department Store has been gone for over 100 years. But in 1898, Henry Siegel and Frank H. Cooper’s emporium was the Amazon of its day....
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