Jul 4, 2025
Automobile and foot traffic come to a complete halt in rainy Times Square as President Roosevelt delivers a speech, July 4, 1941. The president spoke via radio from the library at his home in Hyde Park, N.Y.
Photo: Tom Sande for the AP
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Automobile and foot traffic come to a complete halt in rainy Times Square as President Roosevelt delivers a speech, July 4, 1941. The president spoke via radio from the library at his home in Hyde Park, N.Y.
Photo: Tom Sande for the AP
These revelers got off to an early start at the Hotel Lexington's Hawaiian Room to ring in the New Year, December 31, 1939. Atop the table is Lorraine Bates, pouring champagne into her slipper for Robert Tuton.
Photo: Tom Sande for the AP
Customers waiting in line to buy coffee, October 28, 1942. They were sold one pound each. Similar lines formed at other stores where coffee was being sold on a rationed basis.
Photo: Tom Sande for the AP
Mildred Donsbach, director, leads the children to a shelter room after the raid alarm is given during an air raid drill at the East 73rd St. Jones Center, January 8, 1942.
Photo: Tom Sande for the AP
December 28, 1942: The furnace at Madison Square Garden was converted from oil to coal heat, in line with wartime rationing regulations, and athletes who usually take the spotlights in the arena took a hand at shoveling coal. From left to right: boxer Joe Peralta, hockey player Red Garrett, boxer Chester Rico, and hockey player Bryan Hextall.
Photo: Tom Sande for the AP via the Denver Post