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New York as was
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:32 pm
by Gob
It’s been 70 years since an Indiana photographer visited New York City and returned home with an amazing collection of holiday snaps.
But Charles Weever Cushman’s pictures are even more impressive today, as they were taken on pricey colour Kodachrome and look far more recent than they actually are.
He went around the city taking photos of architecture such as the Brooklyn Bridge and other parts of the Manhattan skyline - and it’s hard to believe they were taken while World War Two was going on.
More images here;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1XsWWniqU
Re: New York as was
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:43 pm
by Long Run
The sharpness and color in those old photos is amazing. I just thought there was a lot of haze in the air, but I see that on some days the air was clear.
Re: New York as was
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:44 am
by rubato
Must be interesting, for someone who has never been anywhere in the United States. And who congratulates himself on that ignorance.
yrs,
rubato
Re: New York as was
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:03 am
by dales
Smoking: Three homeless people from South Ferry doss houses are in Battery Park on June 6, 1941
Gawd!....Even the "homeless" appear better-dressed than the majority of people today....And smoking no less!
Re: New York as was
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:34 am
by Gob
More images, different photographer, different age...
More from the BBC
Re: New York as was
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:17 am
by quaddriver
got news for you, McSorelys ale house is still there, and one of the waiters apparently so as well
Re: New York as was
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:29 am
by Gob
quaddriver wrote:got news for you, McSorelys ale house is still there, and one of the waiters apparently so as well
I'd never have guessed that...
..oh hang on....
...the next image down on the page I linked to....
Compared: McSorley's Old Ale House in the East Village today, hardly changed from the above photo
Re: New York as was
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:14 pm
by dgs49
Sure those guys are "homeless"?
I gather that there were more options for transients in those days, mainly YMCA's and boarding houses. Also, it was a lot more common for a family to take in boarders and to rent individual bedrooms for the additional cash it brought. In the house where I grew up, my grandmother rented a bedroom to Jennie Beckman. I was a young at the time, but I'm sure she was thrilled when me and my three brothers moved into the room next to hers.
Re: New York as was
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:03 am
by dales
That's what the caption stated, dgs.
(I should have placed it in quotes).