Millie Owens

Meet Miss Millie Owens of New York City....in 1871,  by Okinawa Soba

Source: flickr

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Flatiron Building (or Fuller Building, as it was originally called) is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of  Manhattan, New York City and is considered to be a groundbreaking skyscraper. Upon completion in 1902, it was one of the tallest buildings in the city and one of only two skyscrapers north of 14th Street – the other being the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, one block east.  As with numerous other wedge-shaped buildings, the name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblance to a cast-iron clothes iron. c. 1920

 Source: shorpy

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Jewish new year, a young boy wearing prayer shawl and holding book, standing outside building, East Side, New York City, Published: 1911 

Source:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. | Bain Collection      

Ballet Rehearsal

Ballet Rehearsals, New York City, ca. 1916 

Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

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Harlem, New York City By Martine Barrat 

Source: androphilia

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"New York City celebrating the surrender of Japan. They threw anything and kissed anybody in Times Square." Lt. Victor Jorgensen, August 14, 1945. 

Source:  National Archives

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The Wall Street bombing occurred at 12:01 p.m. on Thursday, September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of New York City. The blast killed 38 and seriously injured 143. Although the bombing was never solved, investigators and historians think it likely the Wall Street bombing was carried out by Galleanists (Italian anarchists), a group responsible for a series of bombings the previous year. The attack was related to postwar social unrest, labor struggles and anti-capitalist agitation in the United States.

Source: wikipedia

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday born Eleanora Harris (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time.

 Source: last.fm | hubpages

Walter Thornton

“$100 will buy this car”, 1929

 “Walter Thornton tries to sell his luxury roadster after the Stock Market Crash, New York City, October 1929″

  retronaut |via museum syndicate

 

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New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition. Congress passed the "Volstead Act" on October 28, 1919. vintage

Source: 2.bp.blogspot 

Notes: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Title devised by Library staff using information from photo slug.

Constance Talmadge

 Constance Talmadge (April 19, 1898 - November 23, 1973) was a silent movie star born in Brooklyn,
New York, USA, and was the sister of fellow actresses Norma Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge.
The Goldfish - 1924

                Source: Silent Pickford