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Notes from Underground: Subways of New York

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On Tour With the First Miss Alaska

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New Yorkers Beat the Heat in the Sizzling Summer of ’53

Sumner Avenue (now Marcus Garvey Boulevard) near Myrtle Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, 1946. destinations

Hipsterless Brooklyn: Photos From a Vanished World

Blizzard, New York City, December 1947. nature

The Great Blizzard of 1947: New York, Buried in White

Photo from a public "genius school" for 3-to-11-year-olds at New York's Hunter College, 1948. history

LIFE Goes to a School For Kid Geniuses, 1948

Ray Charles, with arms outstretched, during performance at Carnegie Hall, 1966. people

Ray Charles: Photos of a Musical Genius On Stage and Off

Dancers in Central Park, 1961. destinations

Jewel of Manhattan: Scenes from Central Park, 1961

Rachel and Schulim Pewzner, from Warsaw, Poland, interviewed at Ellis Island, 1950. history

Gateway to a New World: Rare Photos From Ellis Island

The Statue of Liberty, photographed from a helicopter, 1952. destinations

The Face of Freedom: Portraits of the Statue of Liberty

Marilyn Monroe sings "Happy Birthday" to JFK, New York, 1962. people

Alone in a Crowd: Marilyn Sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to JFK, May 19, 1962

Partiers in New York City on New Year's Eve, as 1941 turns to 1942. lifestyle

Photos from New Year’s Eve in New York as America Joined the War

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