Worker taking a break on the 60th floor of the Empire State Building. August 1930.

42nd Street.

New York City during a heavy rainstorm. August 1967.

United Nations Building.

Park Avenue looking north from Grand Central Terminal. July 1913.

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First Chinese seamen granted shore leave in wartime America. Chinese seamen on United Nations’ vessels may now obtain shore leave in American ports. Heretofore, because of the large number of desertions by Chinese crew members, alien seamen of Chinese nationality have been detained on board when their ships touched American ports. As a result of conferences between representatives of the Chinese Embassy, the Recruitment and Manning Organization of War Shipping Administration, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice, Chinese seamen may now be granted shore leave if guarantees are given that they will not desert. East meets West. Left to right: Coast Guardsman Vincent Pope, Bronx, New York; Coast Guardsman George Gilpin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lee Ah Ding and Yee Chee Ching, Chinese seamen from a British freighter, meet at South Ferry, New York City. September 1942.

Columbus Circle, New York City. Looking South. 1913.

Cleaning the streets in a New York blizzard. 1899.

Workers cleaning snow from streets, New York. January 1908.

Herald Square. June 1933.

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Rush hour traffic on Fifth Avenue. July 1938.

Times Square looking north. 1951.

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New York: a birdseye view from the harbor, showing Manhattan Island in its surroundings, with various points of interest in the city. 1879.

Tall skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan above the clouds from RCA Building. August 1948.

Chrysler Building gargoyles looking southwest showing Empire State Building. May 1934.