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Friday Pictures

May 8, 2009, 10:52 am

A couple of cool views of New York from 1931:

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Full size originals here and here at Shorpy

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2 Comments

  1. Dimitri Mariutto:

    If you zoom in on the skyscrapers, you can see brokers jumping out the windows.....

    May 8, 2009, 11:22 am

  2. Dennis:

    That first picture is absolutely perfct. The 30's and 40's were the heyday of black and white photography and I think the epitome of the artistry of B&W was realized then as well. Watch some of the John Ford, John Wayne westerns of that period and marvel at the perfection of the technique.

    May 12, 2009, 8:25 pm