1950s new york

Manhattan: 42nd Street and 8th Avenue (1953)

After World War II, the United States experienced a surge of economic expansion and prosperity during the 1950s. More Americans bought televisions, houses –...

New York City in the 1950s was a vibrant and dynamic metropolis undergoing significant change. Post-World War II prosperity fueled economic ...

Retro New York on Instagram: “31st and 3rd Avenue, 1952. 📸: Ernst Haas”

Like many of her colleagues, Inge Morath carried one camera loaded with black-and-white film and another loaded with color. Possibly influenced by the legendary hostility of Henri Cartier-Bresson (her mentor) to color photography, Morath's own ambivalence is reflected in the contradiction between the sheer volume of color film that she exposed during her lifetime and its complete absence from her exhibited and published works. Following Morath's death in 2002, more than 10,000 hitherto…

Take a stroll down Times Square in either the year of 1954 or 1955!

Empire State Building as seen from Queens in 1952

Times Square is a major commercial intersection and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seven...