The Hilarious Historic Photos of New York City

The New York City is one of the most popular city in United States, officially named the City of New York, and the most densely populated major city in North America. The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the world’s major global cities with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. In 1524 the first European explorer enters New York Harbor.

An old woman carrying a heavy load on Lafayette St. February 1912.

Camel cigarette advertisement. Times Square, Feb 1943.

  

  Chorus girls arriving in New York City, from England, in 1926. George Grantham Bain.

 

Clam seller in Mulberry Bend. Around 1900.


Gramercy Park, Manhattan. Check out the decorative ironwork. Photographed on November 1935
Grand Central Terminal. October 1941.
 
Italian Festa.
 
A girl carrying kimonos. Thompson St, February 1912.
Suffragettes on way to Boston. George Grantham Bain Collection.

A row of hanging oppossums.
 
Produce market on Washington Street. 1952.


View from 27th floor. December 1931.
 
Huts made of salvaged materials. Notice the baby carriage. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. October 25, 1935.