Tag: Fulton Fish Market

Life in New York City 1935-1945: Heavenly images from Yale University

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date October 21, 2015
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Yale University has sprung a beautiful present onto the Internet — a searchable database of over 170,000 public-domain photographs created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information, documenting the aftermath of AmericaÂ of the Great Depression and World War II. TheÂ photos, dating from between the years 1935 to 1945, include of… Read More

Tags children, Fulton Fish Market, Great Depression, Madison Square Park, Photography, Rockefeller Center, World War II

On The Waterfront Podcasts

The history of the South Street Seaport: A robust story of economic power, historic preservation, rat fights and fish guts

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date April 4, 2014
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The daily bustle at the Fulton Fish Market, 1936, photographed by Berenice Abbott (NYPL) PODCAST The glory of early New York came from its role as one of the world’s great ports. Today the South Street Seaport is a lasting tribute to that seafaring heritage, a historical district beneath the Brooklyn Bridge that contains some… Read More

Tags Brooklyn Bridge, cobblestone, fish, Fulton Fish Market, South Street Seaport, South Street Seaport museum