#7 aug.

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Two youngsters play in a pond in the southeast corner of Central Park on a Sunday afternoon, August 7, 1948. In the background are buildings along Central Park South.

Photo: Associated Press

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A fruit vendor sells his produce at Park Avenue near 110th Street, August 7, 1952.

Photo: Ed Ford for the AP

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Passers-by check out the window display of a souvenir shop on Broadway near 48th Street, August 7, 1958.

Photo: Marty Lederhandler for the AP

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Before she was a gossip columnist, Hedda Hopper was a Broadway chorus girl. Picture taken on August 7, 1922.

Photo: Associated Press

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A man reads from the Bible to the sinners of Times Square, Broadway & 45th St., August 7, 1958.

Photo: Marty Lederhandler for the AP