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(via Dodge Noir: 1948 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)
March 24, 1948. “L Motors, business at 175th Street and Broadway, New York City. General view. Morris Lapidus, client.” Large-format acetate negative by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
New Year’s Eve, Times Square, 1951. Photograph by Dan Weiner.
(via Joel Meyerowitz, Retrospective | Le Journal de la Photographie)
New York City © Joel Meyerowitz
The roof
By working class
Nouveau Americain | Brazilian Girls
So good. Admittedly I may simply be partial to the Italian lyrics.
(via Historic photos: The ghosts of Halloween past)
U.S. servicemen bob for apples with their USO hostess companions during a Hallowe’en party hosted by the tenants of a 14-story cooperative apartment building in Beekman Place in New York City, Nov. 1, 1943.
Sahji (aka. Madeleine Jackson)
Beautiful vintage 30’s-era promo photo of Ms. Jackson, who was a Feature dancer at NYC’s famed ‘Cotton Club’ nightspot from 1933 to 1939.. She personalized the photo to a fellow dancer: “To Margot — You are tops as a dancer. And as a lady you are even higher. Best Wishes for your present & future happiness — Sincerely, Madeleine “Sahji” Jackson ”..
Burlesque dancer Rose La Rose in New York City.. (c. 1940s)
More pics of Rose can be found here..
(via burleskateer)
Florence Moore
A vintage press photo from 1931.. She was one of the lead showgirls performing in Billy Rose’s “Crazy Quilt” revue; presented at the ‘APOLLO Theatre’, in New York City..
