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"Never-before-seen photos from 100 years ago tell vivid story of gritty New York City Almost a million images of New York and its municipal operations have been made public for the first time on the internet. The city's Department of Records officially announced the debut of the photo database. Culled from the Municipal Archives collection of more than 2.2 million images going back to the mid-1800s, the 870,000 photographs feature all manner of city oversight -- from stately ports and bridges to grisly gangland killings. "

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"A bridge too far? Painters hang from suspended wires on the Brooklyn Bridge October 7, 1914 -- 31 years after it first opened"

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"Dead men can tell tales: When the New York Times wrote about elevator operator Robert Green, left, and Jacob Jagendorf, a building engineer, right, it reported that their bodies found lying at the bottom of an elevator shaft November 24, 1915, told the story of the pair's failed robbery attempt"

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"See how it's changed: In this circa 1890 photo, a pair of girls walk east along 42nd Street. Acker, Merrall and Condit wine shop delivery wagons are on the right and the C.C. Shayne Furrier sign can be seen on the roof overhead."

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"Building roads: Workers lay bricks to pave 28th Street in Manhattan on October 2, 1930 "

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"Moment in history: The headline of the newspaper the man in this May 18, 1940 photo reads: 'Nazi Army Now 75 Miles From Paris.' This picture shows the corner of Sixth Avenue and 40th Street in Manhattan "

Back in the day when purple drank was only 5 cents. Those were the days.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134408/Never-seen-photos-100-years-ago-tell-vivid-story-gritty-New-York-City.html#ixzz1tI7qVJzB

Actual archive: http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/gallery/home.shtml

4/27/2012 8:50:37 PM

Thread delivers

4/27/2012 8:57:16 PM

cool thread. lounge-worthy.

but why keep these photos under wraps for so long?

4/27/2012 9:00:08 PM

absolutely loved checking these out earlier

4/27/2012 9:01:33 PM

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"Due to overwhelming demand, the New York City Municipal Archives Online Gallery is unavailable at present. Maintenance activities are underway to address this issue."

aww phooey

4/27/2012 9:03:01 PM

Thanks for sharing op

4/27/2012 9:45:31 PM

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This picture is just all sorts of badass.

[Edited on April 27, 2012 at 9:54 PM. Reason : .]

4/27/2012 9:53:58 PM

That is incredible.

4/27/2012 10:02:28 PM

amazing pics, thanks

4/27/2012 10:03:56 PM

wonder if that loft is still available

4/27/2012 10:05:00 PM

^haha. and also, note that ad for graham crackers above those steps at the bottom. it's funny that even back in the day, they were sticking advertisements everywhere they could

4/27/2012 10:19:09 PM

old

4/27/2012 10:20:40 PM

and look at us now!!

4/27/2012 10:31:42 PM

still down

4/28/2012 12:28:05 PM

Until the other site gets back up and running there is always Shorpy.com...

4/28/2012 12:42:52 PM

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"but why keep these photos under wraps for so long?"

Anybody could have gone to the Department of Records before to look at them. They just finally got around to digitizing them.

4/28/2012 12:47:53 PM

Wonderful images

4/28/2012 12:56:50 PM

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"Never-before-seen photos from 100 years ago"

463 views. I'm too late.

4/28/2012 1:20:48 PM

Archive working now.




Wtf

5/11/2012 5:14:05 PM

^da fuq? caption?

5/11/2012 5:19:48 PM

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" Description: Homicide victim (male) undersize, naked bloated man [ship captain murdered by crew] "

5/11/2012 5:25:50 PM

That guy had some balls to stand up to his crew like that.

5/11/2012 10:28:28 PM

I wonder if he was naked before or after they killed him.

5/12/2012 10:20:37 AM

This might be the coolest thing TWW has ever uncovered for me.

5/16/2012 8:43:14 AM

Well now we've seen them so they're kinda just pictures

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

5/16/2012 8:45:17 AM

also....this dude is dead:





[Edited on May 16, 2012 at 10:11 AM. Reason : x]

5/16/2012 10:02:31 AM

lol also this

5/16/2012 10:35:19 AM

hahahahaha

5/16/2012 1:20:34 PM

awesome thread

5/16/2012 1:39:43 PM

Before the days of the food pyramid.



There was a Bojangles in Times Square in the 80s?!

5/16/2012 2:36:13 PM

"Hear is my signature"

Damn, illiterates have always been around.

5/16/2012 5:18:53 PM

I'm still trying to figure out what the last line of the note says.

5/16/2012 10:42:48 PM

that's my pation (passion)

5/16/2012 11:24:50 PM

That makes more sense than words I was trying to insert lol.

5/17/2012 5:54:12 PM

there's a Bojangles in Brooklyn

http://www.yelp.com/biz/bojangles-famous-chicken-brooklyn

1291 Broadway
(between Greene Ave & Lexington Ave)
Brooklyn, NY 11221
Neighborhoods: Bedford Stuyvesant, Bushwick

5/18/2012 11:05:58 AM

Photos from 140 years ago:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html

5/27/2012 11:46:58 PM

bump for badass thread.

4/28/2016 2:23:59 PM

Show me a photo from the future that I have seen before. Then I'd be impressed.

4/28/2016 2:29:11 PM

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"4/27/2012 8:50:37 PM"

Never-before-seen photos from 104 years ago

4/28/2016 2:39:28 PM

I love the pic of the pseudo-food pyramid. LOL at the bottom line:

"Then eat other foods you also like."

4/28/2016 2:52:12 PM