Historical Gotham

Into the past of the city that never sleeps.

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Fifth Avenue Residences, New York City c. 1910

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New York. Female Fencers, circa 1904

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Photograph by Christopher Morris

Members of the Guardian Angels volunteer anti-crime patrolers, 1981.

TIME contract photographer Christopher Morris’ previously unpublished images of New York’s subway in the 1980s show us a world long gone.

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Lower Manhattan, New York City c. 1974 via U.S National Archive

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New York Karate Academy: Times Square, New York City c. 1975 [via Gothamist by MCNY]

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L Train: New York City, 1910s (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)

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Gwen Verdon, New York City c. 1953 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

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New York circa 1903.

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Bruce Davidson: Facede of East 100th street, New York, 1966

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Shoeshine, New York City, 1950s, photo by Frank Oscar Larson

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September 8, 1910: the “old” Pennsylvania Station, designed by the firm McKim, Mead, and White, begins its 55 year existence: http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/mckim-mead-whites-glorious-old-penn-station-turns-103/ Jules Crow, Pennsylvania Station Interior, 1906. Watercolor, Ink and Graphite on Paper. New-York Historical Society, PR042, McKim, Mead & White Collection

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Zeppelin Above Empire State Building. New York City, 1930 (by Nationaal Archief)

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Lower Manhattan, 1910  (by The Library of Congress)

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Flatiron Building: New York City, 1903 (via Three Sides to Every Story | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

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New York City, 1908 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

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Battery Park, New York City c. 1973 (by The U.S. National Archives)