#metropolitan guide

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The June 1, 1946 issue of Gotham Life (The Official Metropolitan Guide), featuring actor Canada Lee, the co-producer and star of On Whitman Avenue at the Cort (now the James Earl Jones) Theater.

Photo: Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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The January 29, 1928 issue of the Metropolitan Guide, the official organ of the Hotel Association. It compiled all the events to tempt a visitor for that week.

Photo: Museum of the City of New York (MCNY)

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Metropolitan Guide, December 12, 1926. These magazines, showing the attractions available in the city, were distributed free in hotels belonging to the Hotel Association. The cover offers an unusual rear view of Penn Station, with the train tracks leading out into the tunnels under the Hudson.

Source: MCNY