New York Historic photos, documents, and people

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Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. Said he was 14 years old. Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

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Buffalo, New York. Advertisement of the United States Employment Service, effective in the recruitment of women for work in war industry

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New York, New York. Shoemaker and his wife in the Italian section on Mott Street. Was images in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right

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Ten-year-old child carrying a box of artificial leaves from Leroy St. across B'roadway, New York. Location: New York, New York (State)

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New York, New York. Marine and shipbuilding workers' convention. Guest at the speakers' table and union delegates listening to speeches

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New York, New York. Looking north from the 9th Street station on the Third Avenue elevated railway as a train leaves on the local track

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New York, New York. Dancing and music on Mott Street at a flag raising ceremony in honor of neighborhood boys in the United States Army

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A modern Atlas. The Home-work Burden. Said he made button-holes at home. Washington Square, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

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Oswego, New York. Unloading bauxite from a barge onto a Canadian boat which has come up through the inland waterways from Dutch Guiana