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Chorus girls snappily load scrap metal onto a truck at one of the theaters at Radio City, October 14, 1942. About 30,000 pounds of scrap metal were collected at the theatre in support of the war effort.

Photo: Associated Press

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Sixth Avenue before the El was demolished, October 14, 1938.

Photo: Swann Galleries Inc.

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The United Nations' New York headquarters opened on October 14, 1952. The complex was designed by an architectural board led by Wallace K. Harrison, with input from Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier. The tall building is the Secretariat, which contains offices, and the low building (difficult to see in this photo as it's as white as the ground it sits on) is the General Assembly.

Photo: Associated Press

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A fancy-stepping cowboy band and cowboys and cowgirls in their bright-colored shirts parade before child patients of Bellevue Hospital as they visit the hospital to stage their rodeo, which was then appearing at Madison Square Garden.,

Over 3,000 people, mostly children, watched this performance in the rear yard of Bellevue at 29th Street, facing the river on October 14, 1937. The East River (now FDR) Drive portion of the highway behind the hospital had not yet been built. The hospital grounds had lots of room to hold a rodeo.

According to the New York Herald-Tribune, this was the 12th annual rodeo held for the patients at Bellevue. The stars of the show in the eyes of many of the audience were juvenile ropers Don McLaughlin, aged 8, and his brother Gene, aged 7.

“Gee they were good,” said 11-year old Richard Orendach, a patient at Bellevue for two years. "Buck was awful good too, but I liked the McLaughlins the best. I don’t see how they can spin those ropes like they do.” By Buck, Richard was referring to Hardy Murphy and his trained horse Buck.

As can be seen in the photograph, every window and balcony was crowded with youngsters who watched with deep appreciation.

Besides the McLaughlin brothers, the kids were entertained by baton twirlers, high-stepping horses with colored flags, clowns, singers and a thirty-six piece band.

Rodeos were held at Bellevue into the 1950s.

Photo: World Wide Photos/Stuff Nobody Cares About