New York Historic photos, documents, and people

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Newsie on Main St. at 2 P.M. Said "our class did not have any school this afternoon." Marshall Knox, 10 years old, 23 Hamilton Street. Location: Rochester, New York (State)

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New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Walter Nash, Minister of New Zealand to the United States, speaking about the labor situation in his country

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Oswego, New York. United Nations heroes eating a picnic lunch after swimming in Lake Ontario at a swimming party held for visitors' entertainment during United Nations week

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Schenectady, New York. After the child at the Elmer Avenue Elementary School has finished her written spelling examination on the blackboard, she takes her oral examination

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New York, New York. Photographic department of the New York Times newspaper. The Times syndicates its photographs all over the world; sends some by clipper to Europe daily

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New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Walter Nash, Minister of New Zealand to the United States, speaking about labor situation in his country

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Afternoon dismissal from a parochial school on Mott St. Many of these children go home to spend the afternoon and evening at work. Location: New York, New York (State)

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The Petrino children, 290 First Ave. Peter, Mary, (baby), Katherine. Entire family spends summer working in a fruit picking center. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

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New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. Papers, delivered from press room on a conveyor, are tied into packages according to orders from retailers