http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/04...rchives/100286/
The New York City Municipal Archives just released a database of over 870,000 photos from its collection of more than 2.2 million images of New York throughout the 20th century. Their subjects include daily life, construction, crime, city business, aerial photographs, and mor
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/gallery/home.shtml
Sunlight floods in through windows in the vaulted main room of New York City's Grand Central Terminal, illuminating the main concourse, ticket windows and information kiosk. Photo taken ca. 1935-1941. (
Aerial view of New York City, looking north, on December 16, 1951.
Shadows are cast beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, seen from from a stable roof, on May 6, 1918.
Original City Hall subway station, IRT Lexington Avenue Line, in 1904.
Red Hook Swimming Pool, Clinton, Bay & Henry Streets, Brooklyn. Bathers as far as the eye can see.
A view from the Williamsburg Bridge, looking west, showing congested traffic in Manhattan, on January 29, 1923.
Painters suspended on cables of the the Brooklyn Bridge, on October 7, 1914
A Subway Road Comes up for air in Brooklyn -- in background, a view of Manhattan from subway elevated tracks, 8th Street, Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1938.
Yankee Stadium, Yankees on the field during a game, ca. 1935-1947.
Historic Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives