Photos: New York City Bars In The 1930s, '40s, and '50s

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"Consumer services, including this cocktail lounge and bar, will be available at the Port of New York Authority's new $8,500,000 terminal building. 1952." This was in Newark Airport.

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"Van Wyck Boulevard. Bar/ Diner Number 123-05. November 4, 1940."

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"First Avenue. Looking southwest from corner of 44th Street. Tudor Lunch Bar. March 16, 1931."

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"Amsterdam Avenue. Looking east from between 72nd Street and 73rd Street. Verdi Square Bar & Grill, Caruso's Barber Shop, Bon Ton Cleaners. June 23, 1949."

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"Amsterdam Avenue. Looking northeast from corner of 73rd Street. P and G CafÃ© Bar, people stand at entrance; apartment house with "To Let" signs. June 24, 1949."

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Chrisbar's Hotel, Queens. "Men and horses and carts all standing in front of liquor store."

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"Sunday P.M., Hickory House Bar, 7th Avenue at 52nd Street. A crowd at the bar. A singer, accompanied by musicians, sings through microphone. Women customers in furs. 1937."

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"101 Night Club Harlem. An indistinct view of bar, tables, diners, and dancers. Negro murals. Sign: "Minimum Chag., 55". 1935-1941."

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"Hickory House Bar, 52nd and 7th Avenue. Performers grouped informally about tables. Theatrical portraits on wall below football mural. 1937."

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Police Department Evidence photograph of the interior of an unnamed bar.

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"New York Bar/Front Page Cabaret working trying to take delivery of beer from Anheuser Busch and Pabst in front of business as crowd gathers around. 1928."

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"Socialite Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh (L) having drinks with friends in the Sherry Bar during intermission at the Metropolitan Opera House. November 1944."

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"Bartender Sam Hock serving up nickel beers at Sam's Bar & Grill on St. Mark's Place. March 1949."

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"3 men at a bar; 3rd man eavesdropping has swastika. Legend reads: Stop Gabbing! Enemy ears are waiting for a slip of your tongue. World War II. March 13, 1942."

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