... and when he passes by he will invariably ask "Anything new?" Which I know to mean "Anything new on Shorpy?" This Christmas Office ... no one knew was that she had a very wealthy aunt in NewYorkCity. In 1934 her aunt passed away, and Lila inherited nearly $3 million ...
Manhattan circa 1908. "The Heart of NewYork." Landmarks in this panorama of four 8x10 glass plates include Broadway, City Hall Park, the City Hall Post Office, the Singer, Park Row, Home Life ...
September 3, 1942. "NewYork, NewYork. Newsroom of the NewYork Times newspaper. Right foreground, city editor. Two assistants, left foreground. City copy desk in middle ground, ...
Circa 1901. "Cluster of skyscrapers, NewYork, NewYork." Who'll be first to name the street? 8x10 inch glass negative, ... bit of space in a very crowded and congested part of the city. And I like the sculptures, too.
Eighty Years - Too Young ...
... is at 51st and Lexington, and up until the time that Radio City was built and opened, was the HQ for RCA and NBC. Later it was used by ... had the reputation of being one of the grandest in the city. She and her husband, John Hay Whitney, also owned Greentree Farms, a ...
Circa 1900. "Heat wave. Free ice in NewYork." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Byron for the Detroit Publishing ... compared to their friends' apartment.
I lived on City Island, in the Bronx, for two years and with no air-conditioning, and the ...
Rochester, NewYork, circa 1904. "Driving Park Avenue bridge and falls on Genesee River." And ... bother just to move in and live there.
"Flour City", or "Wire City"? Now *that* is a lot of overhead ...
Circa 1904. "Seeing NewYork." Electric omnibuses at the Flatiron Building. 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... a tourist destination, where people come just to see the city itself, as these people are doing?
I guess that sort of thing doesn't ...
NewYork, 1900. "Broadway looking north from Dey Street." Rising at left, the ... it is the oldest existing church building in NewYorkCity.
Here is the view at street level today.
Wherefore art ...
NewYork, June 6, 1944. ALLIED ARMIES LAND ON COAST OF FRANCE. GREAT INVASION OF ... and Gene Kelly are Standing up and looking out at the city in Betty Garrett's Skyview cab. Those DeSoto Skyview Cabs were sold ...
"Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street, NewYork." Circa 1908, horses and motorcars shared the streets. Detroit Publishing ... Agency, Co., 503 Fifth ave. at 42nd st., NewYorkCity.
Great When I opened up this picture I was practically drooling - ...