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TWA’s space age Flight Center opens at New York’s JFK Airport (1962)

Probably the most beautiful, and certainly the most imaginative, air terminal in the world will be unveiled when Trans World Airlines formally opens its new Flight Center at New York International Airport (Idlewild).

Tourist photos of the World Trade Center (before 9/11)

Here’s a selection of photos taken by visitors to NYC who snapped pictures of the impressively tall twin towers of the World Trade Center during the months and years before they fell.

Give me your tired, your poor: The story of the Statue of Liberty’s poem (1903)

On the inside of the pedestal of the statute of Liberty Enlightening the World has been placed a bronze memorial tablet bearing Emma Lazarus's name and the sonnet she wrote twenty years ago, dedicated to the statue.

Titanic: New York’s reaction to news of the disaster (1912)

Titanic's dead, 1,342, including Captain and all officers except four -- 868 survive Olympic's captain ends hope that other liners than Carpathia a... Read more...

New York City views (1917)

Get a load of that view! Here are some images showing parts of New York City's skyline as it appeared back in 1917. Union Square in 1917 ... Read more...

Coney Island beach scenes (1890s-1920s)

Scene on the beach (1890s) Bathing at Coney Island, New York (1900) Coney Island in the early 1900s On the beach at C... Read more...

Long Island: Vacation paradise (1914)

Want to see for yourself just how much things have changed -- or not? Lucky modern-day citizens can view or download a free PDF version of the 1914 Lo... Read more...

Vintage Bloomies! Antique Bloomingdale’s ads

Bloomingdale's originally opened in 1861 when the Bloomingdale brothers began by selling hoop-skirts on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Then in 1872, the... Read more...

Summer swimming in New York (1909)

Summer swimming in NYC Gotham's youth are fortunate in the number of opportunities for swimming which the city's configuration presents. Many a grace... Read more...

New York City: The summer resort! (1911)

New York City -- The summer resort The gateway to all mountain, lake & coast resorts of the east New York City invites you to consider her claim... Read more...

Roller coasters of the early 20th century

Love old amusement parks? For a closer look at any of these 9 vintage roller coasters from the early 1900s -- in New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Massac... Read more...

Secret passage: The Beatles invade (1965)

Secret passage Not since Normandy had an invasion been so skillfully staged. The jet from London touched down at Kennedy International Airport o... Read more...

More women choosing to smoke cigarettes (1897)

There is no use in making any bones about it: Cigarette smoking is on the increase among the women of New York City.

NYC heat wave: Hot weather street scenes (early 1900s)

Hot weather in NYC means cooling off in a fountain, taking the kids to park to cool down, and more adventures in the era before air conditioning.

The Statue of Liberty unveiled (1886)

Liberty Unveiled America Accepts the Gift of the French People A city afloat hid in fog And a Million or So of People Ashore Making Holiday... Read more...

1,492 go down to their death in loss of Titanic (1912)

1,492 go down to their death in loss of "world's greatest liner" Woman and children saved; men stay to die; pitiful scenes as news is awaited; worl... Read more...

Brooklyn Bridge opens (1883)

The big bridge open Two cities join in making a mammoth holiday Brooklyn in a gale of festival from dawn to midnight The president's walk across ... Read more...

Beauties of nine towns (1895)

Beauties of seven towns Their individual charms are somewhat hard to define Characteristics of the girls in several great municipalities Baltimore,... Read more...

Frantic crowds storm offices for Titanic news (1912)

Frantic crowds storm offices Police reserves had to be culled to several sections of the city tonight to control crowds gathered around newspaper b... Read more...

AmEx and the essence of the seventies: Anything is possible (1979)

This series of American Express ads that ran in the second half of 1979 did a great job capturing the last few months of the seventies -- the fashion,... Read more...

The mysterious & mischievous Houdini (1918)

The mysterious -- and mischievous -- magician Houdini by Harriette Underhill All men are fascinating until you understand them, and that usually... Read more...

Vintage Ghostbusters: Brooklyn Society for the Extermination of Ghosts (1904)

The ghosts within a radius of a hundred miles of New York might as well quit, and haunted houses still the restless spirits that moan at midnight.

West side apartments in NYC (1908)

West side real estate Specially selected / Large rooms / Good light and air Announcement: These houses illustrated are of the highest type and... Read more...

Statue of Liberty construction (1886)

Liberty Enlightening the World: The Statue of Liberty's construction Lady Liberty's face is seen here on Liberty Island, waiting to be installed: ... Read more...

Victory – and peace – at last! Japan surrenders (1945)

Times Square on V-J Day at time of announcement of the Japanese surrender in 1945 (Courtesy LOC) While the official surrender of Japan took place ... Read more...