CITYSCAPES

HARLEM BUILDING

1935. Seaman Ave, Inwood. Babe Ruth poses with his 1926 Nash.

On a summer evening in 1935, Julia Straus, a 58 year old resident of 72 Seaman Avenue, walked into the path of Babe’s car near the intersection of Seaman Avenue and Cummings St. and was hit. The ballplayer quickly loaded Straus in his car and drove her to the nearby Jewish Memorial Hospital for treatment. While at the hospital, Babe phoned police to report the accident. Straus suffered a bruised right leg and possible brain concussion. The police said that Ruth had been driving with a green light and had no chance to stop. They placed the fault of the accident on Mrs. Straus and took no action against the ballplayer. NYT. August 7, 1935.

Lou Gehrig 1934

He won the Triple Crown

.363, 49 HR, 166 RBI, 1.172 OPS

128 Runs, 210 Hits, 40 Doubles, .465 OBP, .706 SLG, 207 OPS+, 409 TB

Led league in games (154), HR, RBI, AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, OPS+, TB

He made his 2nd ASG and finished 5th(?!?) in MVP.

Horse Drawn Trolley on Chambers Street. New York City. (1908)

New Year's Eve Times Square, New York City, 1937

OLD NEW YORK

NYC CENTRAL PARK

MOTT STREET NYC

The museum first opened in 1872 in a no longer-extant former mansion at 681 Fifth Avenue near 54th Street. Led by a combination of industrialists and artists, the museum began with a modest collection of about 175 mostly European paintings and a Roman stone sarcophagus. In 1873 the Museum made an important leap forward in their quest to gain their desired stature. They acquired a collection of over 6,000 pieces of Cypriot art and artifacts, which meant their Midtown home would no longer be adequate for their holdings.

18 TEAMS DRAW UC-5 TO CENTRAL PARK, N.Y. FROM STEAMER, OCT. 1917.

The UC-5 was a German mine laying submarine captured by the British and sent to this country to stimulate interest in the second Liberty Loan campaign. It was brought from the docks on an enormous truck in three sections.

New York City. Central Park Miniature Railroad. 1900

NYC KNISHES

Sloppy Louie's 92 South Street.

Flatiron Building

KRUTA BAKERY, EAST ST. LOUIS

Kruta Bakery was founded in 1919 in East St. Louis. Frank Kruta Sr. emigrated from Russia after training in Germany to be a baker. The original bakery was located on 8th Street, and consisted of two side-by-side houses. Frank’s wife, Anastatia (Stella) and his four sons and daughter worked in the bakery also. After 55 years in East St. Louis, the bakery opened in Collinsville.

In January 1974, Tony, the oldest son of Frank, and his wife, Sue, opened a bakery at 300 St. Louis Rd. in Collinsville. The bakery flourished in Collinsville, with family lending a hand in the business. They are in the fourth generation of family baking, using some of the original recipes brought to American by Frank Sr.

UP ON THE ROOF

What an exciting day it must have been when the Circus came to town in 1954!

Times and attitudes to animal welfare were different then to now and the picture is 'of its time'

NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE

THE OLDEST STADING BUILDING IN HARLEM

BLIZZARD OF 1888 NYC

During World War II, Katz’s Deli on the Lower East Side became famous for its slogan, “Send a salami to your boy in the army.” This would be Real Food for soldiers stuck with C-rations. The line was immortalized in the 1952 film At War with the Army, by Jerry Lewis.

St. Patricks Cathedral

INWOOD, NY

Central Park NYC 1941

1933: Rockefeller Center at Christmas

COTTON CLUB

CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER NYC

Manhattan: Broadway And 204th Street -Looking Northeast (December 9th 1925)

HENRY HUDSON BRIDGE

South Street

Ships moored on the East River at South Street, Manhattan, New York City, circa 1890.

PALISADES AMUSEMENT PARK

207th Street and Post Avenue .....1926

All dressed up on Easter Day - Fifth Avenue with the NYPL lion on the left, New York City, 1913

Men sitting outside a lunchroom in Little Italy, early 1950s.

ORCHARD STREET - NYC

MAYOR KOCH NYC

Officers of the New York Police Department's 20th Precinct pose as a unit outside of their station.

PRINCE ST. NYC - CHRISTMAS TIME

The Pied Piper Of Harlem, Cassius Clay

CHICAGO

Taken on March 9, 1906, the image shows the construction of the Dyckman Street Station on the IRT West Side / Seventh Avenue Line. In the background, the Kingsbridge Generating Plant for streetcar lines of Third Avenue Railway system is visible.

New York City, Lower East Side; Johnny Pump

BLEEKER STREET

214th Street - 1933

1940s Broadway NYC

ELLIS ISLAND

INWOOD, NYC

Castle Village In Harlem New York 1900 – 1938 Colorizationfactory

The Legendary 182-185th Street , Castle Village In Harlem New York 1900 – 1938

NYC Bakery

NYC Street Vendor

LAKE ARIEL, PA

George Washington Bridge New York Colorizationfactory

GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE 1927

NEW YORK CITY

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

STATUE OF LIBERTY

The hand and torch of the Statue of Liberty being built in a Paris studio around 1876...

It took a total of 9 years to complete the Statue of Liberty. The statue was built completely in France before it was disassembled, shipped to the US and rebuilt on American soil.

NYC 1940