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720,000 Newly Digitized Historic Photos Show Where New Yorkers Lived In The 1940s
See what your apartment building used to look like!
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Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Stanley Kubrick Documented NYC As A Teenager In The 40s, Here's What He Saw
Stanley Kubrick was just a teenager when he documented his native New York City on film.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
40 Colorful Kodachrome Photos Of 1940s NYC
Cushman's photos give you a crystal clear look at the decade.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
That Time A NYC Bus Driver Went On A Joy Ride To Florida
Revisiting William Cimillo's spontaneous 1947 trip to Florida in a NYC bus.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Video: Spend 9 Minutes In The 1940s Subway System
A lot of this equipment you see is still being used today.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Video: Here's What NYC Looked Like During The Historic Snowstorm Of 1947
"99 million tons of snow falls on New York," a newscaster declared.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Photos: NYC In The Summer Of '49
The lesser sung about summer.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
How To Kiss, According To LIFE Magazine In 1942
Tips on how to make out, from the 1940s.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Stanley Kubrick's Amazing Old Photos Of The NYC Subway System
The subway platforms in the 1940s had plenty of PDA, as well as chewing gum machines.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Photos: MoMA's 1941 Exhibit That Introduced The World To Eames
These photos were all taken in September of 1941, during the Museum of Modern Art's Organic Design in Home Furnishings exhibition, which introduced the world to the designs of Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen.
By
Jen Carlson
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