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Random scenes, Manhattan 1935-1936Created by: PICRYLDated: 1936
Tempo of the City: II, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, looking west from Seymour Building, 503 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.
Tim traveling through NYC streets 1935-1936, in the midst of the Great Depression.
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Ferry, West 23rd Street, Manhattan.

Ferry, West 23rd Street, Manhattan.

Country Store: interior, Ewen Avenue, Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx.

Country Store: interior, Ewen Avenue, Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx.

Gas tank and Queensboro Bridge, East 62nd Street & York Avenue, Manhattan.

Gas tank and Queensboro Bridge, East 62nd Street & York Avenue, Manhat...

FIRST LADY GREETS GUESTS. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT GREETS THE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN CROWDING THE LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE ANNUAL EASTER EGG ROLLING PARTY. FROM THE LEFT: MRS. J. HALL ROOSEVELT OF DETROIT; HER DAUGHTER DIANA; THE FIRST LADY; AMY ROOSEVELT, SISTER OF DIANA; AND MAYRIS CHANEY OF NEW YORK CITY

FIRST LADY GREETS GUESTS. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT GREETS THE THOUSA...

Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is avai... More

Snowy rooftops viewed from Rockefeller Center, New York City

Snowy rooftops viewed from Rockefeller Center, New York City

Snowy rooftops viewed from Rockefeller Center, New York City, 1935..Photographer: .Kassowitz, Ernst ..Subjects (LCSH):.New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc. ..Digital Collection: .Modern Photographers Co... More

Seventh Avenue looking south from 35th Street, Manhattan.

Seventh Avenue looking south from 35th Street, Manhattan.

Rockefeller Center, New York City The observation roofs are in reality commodious promenades overlooking the vast city from a height of 850 feet / / Mophochrom - Irving Browning - natural color.

Rockefeller Center, New York City The observation roofs are in reality...

Print shows people looking at New York City from the top of Rockefeller Center. Title from item. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 038, Box 17, New York New York City Skyscrapers

Oldest apartment house in New York City, 142 East 18th Street, Manhattan.

Oldest apartment house in New York City, 142 East 18th Street, Manhatt...

Murray Hill Hotel, 112 Park Avenue, Manhattan.

Murray Hill Hotel, 112 Park Avenue, Manhattan.

HERE'S THE HOSTESS. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, IN A BRIGHT NEW SPRING DRESS, MINGLES WITH THE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WHICH ARE HER GUESTS AT THE ANNUAL EGG ROLLING ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN FOLLOWING EASTER SUNDAY. IN THE PICTURE, FROM THE LEFT: MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; AMY AND DIANA ROOSEVELT, DAUGHTERS OF MRS. J. HALL ROOSEVELT OF DETROIT; AND MAYRIS CHANEY OF NEW YORK CITY

HERE'S THE HOSTESS. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, IN A BRIGHT NEW SPRING...

Unemployed and huts, West Houston -- Mercer St., Manhattan.

Unemployed and huts, West Houston -- Mercer St., Manhattan.

LaGuardia leaves White House. Mayor F. LaGuardia of New York City talks with President Roosevelt about a billion dollar work progress and leaves the White House without a specific comment. He is being helped to his car by Lt. Larry Seeman, veteran White House office. 21135

LaGuardia leaves White House. Mayor F. LaGuardia of New York City talk...

Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec Temp... More

Union Club, 701 Park Ave., New York City. Library, general view

Union Club, 701 Park Ave., New York City. Library, general view

Oak and New Chambers Streets, Manhattan.

Oak and New Chambers Streets, Manhattan.

40th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue, looking southwest from 42nd Street, Manhattan.

40th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue, looking southwest from 4...

Fish Market, South Street, Manhattan.

Fish Market, South Street, Manhattan.

Murray Hill Hotel, Manhattan.

Murray Hill Hotel, Manhattan.

Henry Street, Manhattan.

Henry Street, Manhattan.

Lamport Export Company, 507-511 Broadway, Manhattan.

Lamport Export Company, 507-511 Broadway, Manhattan.

[Portrait of Margaret Conklin, standing beside car, New York City]

[Portrait of Margaret Conklin, standing beside car, New York City]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Margaret Conklin NYC." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily i... More

Daily News Building, 42nd Street between Second and Third Avenues, Manhattan.

Daily News Building, 42nd Street between Second and Third Avenues, Man...

Mulberry and Prince Streets, Manhattan.

Mulberry and Prince Streets, Manhattan.

Squibb Building with Sherry Netherland in the background, 745 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.

Squibb Building with Sherry Netherland in the background, 745 Fifth Av...

Murray Hill Hotel, from Park Avenue and 40th Street, Manhattan.

Murray Hill Hotel, from Park Avenue and 40th Street, Manhattan.

Broome Street no. 512-514, Manhattan.

Broome Street no. 512-514, Manhattan.

[Police officer in front of crowd of children and adults at Federal Theatre Project performance in Central Park, New York] / photo by Dick Rose, Federal Theatre Project, New York City.

[Police officer in front of crowd of children and adults at Federal Th...

Title devised by Library staff. Photograph by Dick (Richard) Rose, head of the Federal Theatre Project's Photographic Division. Exhibited: "Circus and the City" at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Des... More

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

New York City views. Cloud study from under Greensboro Bridge II

New York City views. Cloud study from under Greensboro Bridge II

Store at which Mrs. Hotchfield does her shopping. Washington Avenue, the Bronx, New York

Store at which Mrs. Hotchfield does her shopping. Washington Avenue, t...

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come. New York

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jers...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Mrs. Lewis S. Morris, residence at 116 E. 80th St., New York City. Dining room, general view

Mrs. Lewis S. Morris, residence at 116 E. 80th St., New York City. Din...

Background photograph for Hightstown project. Play street for children. Sixth Street and Avenue C, New York City. The Solomon family who are to be resettled at Hightstown, live in this neighborhood. This Resettlement Administration project includes two hundred and fifty homes, four hundred and fourteen acres of farmland, a modern factory, utilities, including water system, recreation area and lake. Each family will have a modern home and an opportunity to work in a cooperative factory. Also a small plot of land for raising garden vegetables

Background photograph for Hightstown project. Play street for children...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Background photo for Hightstown project. The present home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon and family, 133 Avenue D, New York City. This family is included in the first unit of thirty-five families to be resettled at Hightstown in July, 1936. For four very small rooms in tenement they pay eighteen dollars monthly

Background photo for Hightstown project. The present home of Mr. and M...

Additional information on caption card: See RA 9191-E [i.e. LC-USF34-009191-E) for project background. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas... More

William S. Paley, residence at 29 Beekman Pl., New York City. Master bedroom from entrance door, horizontal

William S. Paley, residence at 29 Beekman Pl., New York City. Master b...

Exterior of Abyssinian Baptist Church, in Harlem, New York City, May 1936.

Exterior of Abyssinian Baptist Church, in Harlem, New York City, May 1...

A picket on 7th Avenue, New York City

A picket on 7th Avenue, New York City

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Street scene on 38th Street near 7th Avenue, New York City. Teenager reading newspaper

Street scene on 38th Street near 7th Avenue, New York City. Teenager r...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Two men in conversation, 7th Avenue near 38th Street, New York City

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Two men in conversation, 7th Aven...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Mrs. Max Hochfield, a prospective New Jersey homesteader, now living in the Bronx, New York

Mrs. Max Hochfield, a prospective New Jersey homesteader, now living i...

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

New York City views

New York City views

Street scene at 38th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City

Street scene at 38th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Background photo for Hightstown project. The present home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon and family, 133 Avenue D, New York City. This family is included in the first unit of thirty-five families to be resettled at Hightstown in July, 1936. For four very small rooms in tenement they pay eighteen dollars monthly

Background photo for Hightstown project. The present home of Mr. and M...

Store at which Mrs. Hotchfield does her shopping. Washington Avenue, the Bronx, New York

Store at which Mrs. Hotchfield does her shopping. Washington Avenue, t...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Mrs. Max Hochfield, a prospective New Jersey homesteader, now living in the Bronx, New York

Mrs. Max Hochfield, a prospective New Jersey homesteader, now living i...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Hallway of Mrs. Hochfield's house. Washington Avenue, Bronx, New York

Hallway of Mrs. Hochfield's house. Washington Avenue, Bronx, New York

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come. New York

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jers...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Children playing in the gutter on 139th Street just east of St. Anne's Avenue, Bronx, New York

Children playing in the gutter on 139th Street just east of St. Anne's...

Across the street from Mrs. Hochfield's tenement. Washington Avenue, Bronx, New York

Across the street from Mrs. Hochfield's tenement. Washington Avenue, B...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Riverside Church and playground, New York City

Riverside Church and playground, New York City

Bird's-eye view. J18287 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill.

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Group of men on 7th Avenue and 28th Street, New York City

Group of men on 7th Avenue and 28th Street, New York City

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

New York City street scene

New York City street scene

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

New York City views. Cloud study from under Greensboro Bridge I

New York City views. Cloud study from under Greensboro Bridge I

Scene on 8th Avenue, New York City

Scene on 8th Avenue, New York City

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Street scene at 38th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Street scene at 38th Street and 7...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Woman at sewing machine in New York tailor shop on University Place near 11th Street

Woman at sewing machine in New York tailor shop on University Place ne...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

Whelan's Drug Store, 44th Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan.

Whelan's Drug Store, 44th Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan.

An avenue of clothes washings between 138th and 139th Street apartments, just east of St. Anne's Avenue, Bronx, New York

An avenue of clothes washings between 138th and 139th Street apartment...

Additional information on caption card: For M3 use copy negative in series LC-USF331. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division... More

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come. New York

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jers...

Bronx, New York. Background photo for Hightstown project. Many of the future Hightstown settlers are now living in the Bronx district. This is the street on which Mr. Morris Back and family, certified applicant for resettlement, now live

Bronx, New York. Background photo for Hightstown project. Many of the ...

Additional information on caption card: See RA 9191-E [i.e. LC-USF34-009191-E) for project background. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas... More

Hair tonic salesman advertising his wares, 7th Avenue at 38 Street, New York City

Hair tonic salesman advertising his wares, 7th Avenue at 38 Street, Ne...

Across the street from Mrs. Hochfield's tenement. Washington Avenue, Bronx, New York

Across the street from Mrs. Hochfield's tenement. Washington Avenue, B...

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Background for Hightstown project photographs. Seventh Avenue and West 28th Street, New York. Garment workers leave the factories for noon hour

Background for Hightstown project photographs. Seventh Avenue and West...

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Street scene on 38th Street near 7th Avenue, New York City. Teenager reading newspaper

Street scene on 38th Street near 7th Avenue, New York City. Teenager r...

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come. New York

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jers...

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Apartment houses as viewed through vacant lot. In vicinity of 139th Street just east of St. Anne's Avenue Bronx, New York

Apartment houses as viewed through vacant lot. In vicinity of 139th St...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

View of 139th Street, east of St. Anne's Avenue, note baby carriages, New York

View of 139th Street, east of St. Anne's Avenue, note baby carriages, ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Master prints. Chrysler showroom, Chrysler Building, New York city

Master prints. Chrysler showroom, Chrysler Building, New York city

Apartment houses as viewed through vacant lot. In vicinity of 139th Street, just east of St. Anne's Avenue, Bronx, New York City

Apartment houses as viewed through vacant lot. In vicinity of 139th St...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Scene on 7th Avenue near 38th Street, New York City

Scene on 7th Avenue near 38th Street, New York City

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, New York, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, New York, a section from whi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Street scene on 38th Street near 7th Avenue, New York City. Teenager reading newspaper

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Street scene on 38th Street near ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Bronx, New York. Background photo for Hightstown project. Many of the future Hightstown settlers are now living in the Bronx district. This is the street on which Mr. Morris Back and family, certified applicant for resettlement, now live

Bronx, New York. Background photo for Hightstown project. Many of the ...

New York City views

New York City views

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. NY 96r; sleeves

Background photgraph for Hightstown project. Garment factory on West Twenty-first Street, New York City. Mr. Jacob Solomon, one of the two hundred and fifty selected family heads for the Hightstown Project, is employed in this building. Compare with factory built by Resettlement Administration at Hightstown

Background photgraph for Hightstown project. Garment factory on West T...

Additional information on caption card: See RA 9191-E [i.e. LC-USF34-009191-E] for project background. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas... More

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come. New York

Scene from the Bronx tenement district from which many of the New Jers...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

New York photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Nathan Katz's apartment, East 168th Street, Bronx, New York. Mr. Nathan Katz is an accepted applicant to Jersey Homesteads

Nathan Katz's apartment, East 168th Street, Bronx, New York. Mr. Natha...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Apartment houses as viewed through vacant lot. In the vicinity of 139th street just east of St. Anne's Avenue, Bronx, New York

Apartment houses as viewed through vacant lot. In the vicinity of 139t...

Background photgraph for Hightstown project. Garment factory on West Twenty-first Street, New York City. Mr. Jacob Solomon, one of the two hundred and fifty selected family heads for the Hightstown Project, is employed in this building. Compare with factory built by Resettlement Administration at Hightstown

Background photgraph for Hightstown project. Garment factory on West T...

S.S. Queen Mary in harbor, New York City skyline in background, with Singer Building on the left

S.S. Queen Mary in harbor, New York City skyline in background, with S...

J19392 U.S. Copyright Office.

Mothers talking together and child playing in the gutter, 139th Street just east of St. Anne's Avenue, Bronx, New York

Mothers talking together and child playing in the gutter, 139th Street...

Mothers talking together and child playing in the gutter, 139th Street just east of St. Anne's Avenue, Bronx, New York

Mothers talking together and child playing in the gutter, 139th Street...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Two men in conversation, 7th Avenue near 38th Street, New York City

Two men in conversation, 7th Avenue near 38th Street, New York City

New York City street scene

New York City street scene

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come, New York

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of...

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, New York, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come

Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, New York, a section from whi...

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