Here is a collection of fascinating photos from Michael Donovan that show street scenes of New York City in the 1950s.
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42nd Street toward 5th Avenue (New York Public Library on the right), circa 1951 |
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Broadway & 47th Street, 1951 |
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Times Square, 1951 |
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Bowling Green, Manhattan, 1952 |
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Columbus Circle, New York City, 1952 |
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Times Square, 1952 |
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42nd Street off 7th Avenue, 1953 |
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Broadway toward 51st Street, 1953 |
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Melrose Avenue toward 149th Street, the Bronx, 1953 |
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Park Row & Worth Street, 1953 |
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Times Square toward 46th Street, 1953 |
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Times Square, 1953 |
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Times Square, 1953 |
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42nd Street & Broadway , 1954 |
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Broadway & 42nd Street , 1954 |
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Broadway & 44th Street, April 15, 1954 |
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Broadway & 51st Street, 1954 |
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Grand Concourse & 156th Street in the Bronx, circa 1954 |
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New York City, 1954 |
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Times Square, 1954 |
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Times Square, 1954 |
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Times Square, 1954 |
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University Avenue off 176th Street in the Bronx, October 21, 1954 |
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7th Avenue toward 47th Street, 1955 |
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31st Street off 5th Avenue, 1955 |
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42nd Street & 3rd Avenue, 1955 |
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Roebling Street & Broadway, at the Williamsburg Plaza, circa 1955 |
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Times Square, 1955 |
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Times Square, 1955 |
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Times Square, 1955 |
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West 8th Street & Macdougal Street, circa 1955 |
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Yankee Stadium, circa 1955 |
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5th Avenue & 50th Street (St. Patrick's Cathedral on the right), 1956 |
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Atlantic Avenue & 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, 1956 |
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Atop Rockefeller Center, 1956 |
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Fulton Street & Bond Street, Brooklyn, with a view of the RKO Albee Theater, 1956 |
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Times Square, 1956 |
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Times Square, 1956 |
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Times Square, 1956 |
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7th Avenue & 47th Street, 1957 |
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Times Square,1957 |
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5th Avenue & 60th Street, circa 1958 |
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Times Square,1958 |
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Times Square,1958 |
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Times Square,1958 |
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Times Square,1958 |
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Battery Park, New York City, 1959 |
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Broadway & 42nd Street, 1959 |
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Easter Parade at 5th Avenue & 50th Street, 1959 |
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Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue & 40th Street, 1959 |
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Manhattan skyline, 1959 |
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Toward Fulton Street & Adams Street, Brooklyn, 1959 |
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Times Square, 1959 |
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Times Square, 1959 |
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Times Square, 1959 |