Category Archives: New York
Roller-Skating Street Ambassador Advertising the Mythical Zohar Photography Studio in Manhattan
This amazing daguerreotype photo may look as if it was taken in 19th century New York, but it is actually the work of California photographer Stephen Berkman, who is an expert in the extremely difficult pre-chemical photographic process of wet-collodion photography. This is one of 30 photographs Berkman took that was included in art installationContinue reading “Roller-Skating Street Ambassador Advertising the Mythical Zohar Photography Studio in Manhattan”
Black and White Photos of the New York Auto Show in 1965
The New York International Auto Show is an annual auto show that is held in Manhattan in late March or early April. It is held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. It usually opens on or just before Easter weekend and closes on the first Sunday after Easter. The show has been held annually sinceContinue reading “Black and White Photos of the New York Auto Show in 1965”
30 Vintage Photos of Hicksville, New York in 1967
Hicksville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 41,547 at the 2010 census. The area is served by the Hicksville Post Office and the Hicksville School District. Valentine Hicks, son-in-law of nationallyContinue reading “30 Vintage Photos of Hicksville, New York in 1967”
43 Fantastic Photos of New York City in the 1970s
Reeling from a decade of social turmoil, New York in the 1970s fell into a deep tailspin provoked by the flight of the middle class to the suburbs and a nationwide economic recession that hit New York’s industrial sector especially hard. Combined with substantial cuts in law enforcement and citywide unemployment topping ten percent, crimeContinue reading “43 Fantastic Photos of New York City in the 1970s”
Early Photographs of Bob Dylan in New York City, 1962
In 1962, shortly after a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York City, he met fellow musician John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers. Upon learning that Cohen was also a photographer, Dylan asked him to make photographs of him. They both went to Cohen’s East Village loft and rooftop for a few hoursContinue reading “Early Photographs of Bob Dylan in New York City, 1962”
Photos of Sterling St. Jacques and Bianca Jagger Dancing at Studio 54 in New York City, 1978
Born 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah, American model, actor and dancer Sterling St. Jacques was the adopted son of actor Raymond St. Jacques. He had bit parts in films such as Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) with Faye Dunaway, Dinah East (1970) and the Italian movie Sistemo l’America e torno (1974). Together, Sterling andContinue reading “Photos of Sterling St. Jacques and Bianca Jagger Dancing at Studio 54 in New York City, 1978”
Crazy Double-Faced Swimming Caps of the Late 1950s
These vintage crazy swimming caps were invented by a Long Island housewife, Betty Geib, to amuse her children. After they flew off the rack at a church bazaar, she started a new business, Betty Darling, selling her wares for $3 to $6. The caps featured indeed funny masklike faces and motifs including a sea serpent,Continue reading “Crazy Double-Faced Swimming Caps of the Late 1950s”
New York in the Early 20th Century
During the years of 1898–1945, New York City consolidated. New York City became the capital of national communications, trade, and finance, and of popular culture and high culture. More than one-fourth of the 300 largest corporations in 1920 were headquartered there. New transportation links, especially the New York City Subway, opened in 1904, bound togetherContinue reading “New York in the Early 20th Century”
30 Amazing Snapshots Capture Street Life in New York City From the Mid-1930s to the End of the 1940s
In the late 1930s, photographer Helen Levitt rode the New York City subway system, first as an apprentice to photographer Walker Evans, then snapping photos of aloof passengers wearing fur coats, flat-brim hats, and antique brooches. Yet for the majority of Levitt’s illustrious career (lasting until the 1990s), she ventured out of the underground toContinue reading “30 Amazing Snapshots Capture Street Life in New York City From the Mid-1930s to the End of the 1940s”
