New York Historic photos, documents, and people

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Group of Newsboys on Frankfort Street near World Building. Witness, Fred McMurrry. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two rolls of paper are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop moving

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New York, New York. Photo engraving department of the New York Times newspaper. Examining the dots on the screen of a strip negative in the darkroom before it is transferred to a zinc plate

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One of the rear windows, tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City. The Solomon family are on the accepted list for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

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Niagara Falls, New York. Entertaining guest, playing rummy in the living room while others play Chinese checkers on Nan Hannegan's birthday at Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse for war workers

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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, doing the family shopping. She is making purchases from a list left that morning by her mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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Line of children found in a "penny arcade" at 1:30 P.M. As many of the schools in Schenectady run on "half time" they are not necessarily truants. Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

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Out of rear window tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Avenue D, New York City. The Solomon family are all on the accepted list for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Playing in the well-equipped yard