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George S. Kaufman (left) and Moss Hart, veteran co-authors of stage successes, with Hart's wife, Kitty Carlisle, at the Stork Club, March 30, 1948.

Photo: Robert Wands for the AP

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The old Whitelaw Reid mansion, where international society used to meet at banquets and balls, was used during World War II as the Women’s Military Services Club. Every member of the women’s auxiliaries of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps and similar divisions of other Allies were welcome.

The mansion, which was designed by a member of Stanford White's staff, was built in 1882 and was converted into a club with overnight accommodations for about 50 enlisted women. It had shower and locker rooms, recreation and game rooms, lounges, writing rooms, a library, and a canteen where meals were served at cost. Girl Scouts served as waitresses. Members could entertain men in the lounges, and there were parties and weekly dances. This scene in the powder room shows officers of the WAACS, WAVES, and SPARS on April 25, 1943.

Photo: Robert Wands for the AP via Bloomberg

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This is what ticker tape really looked like, March 26, 1942. The stuff pouring out of the machine for a clerk at Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Beane is like something out of a cartoon—I can see it going and going until it fills up the room.

Photo: Robert Wands for the AP via Money Review

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Uniformed members of the Women’s Volunteer Defense organizations pass the reviewing stand at 67th Street, April 11, 1942. It was New York’s first all-women parade since the days of the First World War. The parade, in which about 15,000 marched, was held to stimulate the enrollment of 10,000 volunteer nurses’ aides.

Photo: Robert Wands for the AP

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During World War II, even dogs pitched in. Nearly 400,000 Boys Club of America members throughout the nation participated in a victory program to train themselves for the part they might have had to play in the war and in defense industries. Many of the clubs also adopted dogs and carrier pigeons. In this photo, Richard Barnes of the Madison Square Boys Club teaches his dog Hercules to hold a stick in his mouth after finding a “wounded soldier,” April 1, 1942.

Photo: Robert Wands for the AP

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It is a mob scene under the marquee of the Paramount Theater in Times Square, February 7, 1940, as the crowd waits for the doors to open at 9:45 for the new movie "Geronimo." Doors were scheduled to open at 9:00 but were delayed.

Photo: Robert Wands for the AP

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The NYC Housing Authority's Alfred E. Smith Houses on the Lower East Side was one of the first public housing developments to be integrated. The complex is home to 8,000 people, half of whom are children. This photo from May 3, 1956 shows mothers and babies in the playground.

Photo: Bob Wands for the AP via the Denver Post