1948 In New York City

The lion statues at the New York Public Library, with a mantle of snow during the record December 1948 snowfall.

Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Helen Tamiris (back), watching hopefuls who are being auditioned on stage of the St. James Theatre

Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Helen Tamiris (back), watching hopefuls who are being auditioned on stage of the St. James Theatre

Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Helen Tamiris (back), watching hopefuls who are being auditioned on stage of the St. James Theatre

"Babe Ruth Bows Out", photograph of Babe Ruth during a ceremony at Yankee Stadium to retire his number. This photograph won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Photography.

In 1941, American photographer Philippe Halsman met the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in New York City and they began to collaborate in the late 1940s. The 1948 work Dali Atomicus explores the idea of suspen More

The U.S. Navy battleship New Jersey (BB-62) is seen in early 1948 being moved from the New York Navy Yard to the New York Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet based at Bayonne, New Jersey. The ship was inactivated at More

Photo of a 1948 television commercial. The product is the faucet aerator the woman is holding. The commercial was being done at WNBT, which is now WNBC-TV, New York.

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll Reportage / Serie : Straatbeelden van New York Beschrijving : Reclamebord met echte rook voor sigarettenmerk Camel op Times Square Datum : juni 1948 More

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll Reportage / Serie : Straatbeelden van New York Beschrijving : Reclamebord met echte rook voor sigarettenmerk Camel op Times Square Datum : juni 1948 More

Français : Rare photo de Vimenet aux États-Unis durant son séjour de 1947 à 1948.

MENAHEM BEGIN DURING HIS FIRST OPEN VISIT TO NEW YORK.