Old New York

Vintage New York City

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“The Butterfly Kid" by Chester Anderson, 1968.

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James E. HInton.  Two Women Sitting on a New York City Subway, 1966.

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Bruce Davidson: New York – 100th Street (Du, Vol. 29, March 1969).

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Bruce Davidson (1933)

Untitled (Older couple, woman with scotch-taped glasses), from "East 100th Street" 1966-1968

Vintage gelatin silver print

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David Gahr Laura Nyro in Her Apartment, New York City 1969

...I swear there ain't no Heaven And I pray there ain't no hell...

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Walking thru the Bowery just suits my mood tonight!

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Turn on to EVO Appeal

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Ernst Haas (1921–1986)

Untitled, from the color series “New York”,1962

Cibachrome print

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KREMENTZ, JILL (1940- ) Chelsea Hotel, 1965.

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Leonard Freed - Under the Coney Island boardwalk. New York City, 1963

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CHARLES HARBUTT (1935 - 2015)

Tambourine Woman, Lower East Side, New York, 1960

Gelatin silver print

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Nina Simone, Carnegie Hall, New York, 1965

Photo: Alfred Wertheimer

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GORDON PARKS (1912-2006)

Harlem, 1963

Chromogenic print

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Bob Dylan, Gerdes Folk City, 1961 © Ted Russell.

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Unknown Photographer,  early 1960s

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In 1969, Richard Avedon photographed Andy Warhol’s shooting scars in one of the most stark and unsettling celebrity portraits of the 20th century. The photos were taken in New York City on August 20, 1969. Warhol is depicted wearing a black leather jacket, with one hand placed across his abdomen, highlighting the “almost tangible wounds.” These powerful images have been described as a tragic and powerful documentation of the violence he endured, leaving him with permanent injuries and requiring him to wear a surgical corset for the rest of his life.

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