That's what New York looked like in the 1940s.
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| New York, 1941 |
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| 5th Avenue and W. 42nd Street, November 1941 |
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| 59th Street Bridge from Canadian Club roof, NYC, November 1941 |
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| Looking down from the Empire State Building towards Bryant Park, 1941 |
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| Looking northwards toward Central Park from the Empire State Building, that is the Hudson River on the left, with the George Washington Bridge in the distance, 1941 |
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| Looking west on East 50th Street, NYC, November 1941 |
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| New York, 1941 |
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| Park Avenue from Canadian Club roof, NYC, November 1941 |
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| Pigeons at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC, November 1941 |
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| Skating Rink in Rockefeller Plaza, NYC, November 1941 |
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| The Chrysler Building is prominent along with the Queensboro Bridge |
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| Times Square, 1943 |
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| 47th & Broadway, 1944 |
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| Broadway & 47th Street, 1944 |
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| Times Square, 1944 |
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| Times Square, 1944 |
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| Times Square, 1946 |
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| Times Square, September 1946 |
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| Third Avenue railway system, Park Row, Manhattan, City Hall at right, circa 1947 |
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| View east on E. 42nd St., NYC, March 1947 |
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| Broadway toward 45th Street, 1948 |
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| New York City, 1948 |
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| New York Public Library, 1948 |
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| New York skyline, 1948 |
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| Syracuse, New York, circa 1948 |
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| Times Square, 1948 |
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| Times Square, 1948 |
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| Park Ave. and the New York Central (now Helmsley) Building, August 1949 |
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| 5th Avenue Towards 42nd Street, Manhattan, on the steps of the New York Public Library, 1949 |
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| Chelsea, NYC & Empire State from RMS Mauretania, August 1949 |
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| Grand Central Station, August 1949 |
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| NYC, from RMS Mauretania, August 1949 |
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| Orchard Street and Rivington Street, 1949 |
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| Park Ave and E. 45th St. at Grand Central Terminal, August 1949 |
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| Park Row, circa 1949 |
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| RMS Mauretania & Queen Mary, Pier 90, NYC & Hudson River, 1949 |
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| RMS Queen Elizabeth, NYC, March 1949 |
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| RMS Queen Mary & RMS Mauretania & NYC from NJ bank, August 1949 |
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| Rockaway Beach, New York, circa 1949 |
