These Kodachrome photographs were taken by Harold Mayer, a pioneer of urban geography and specialist in urban and transport geography of North America, especially New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and British Columbia. A professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, during his academic career, Professor Mayor gathered a large photographic collection to teach his students.
Take a look back at Manhattan, New York City in the 1940s and 1950s through these 13 fascinating vintage color photographs below:
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| Times Square, 1948. |
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| United Nations buildings under construction, 1951. |
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| Ambassador Hotel on Park Avenue, 1950s. |
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| Washington Square Park Arch, 1956. |
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| Lower East Side, 1956. |
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| Park Avenue north from 58th Street, 1956. |
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| Playing in the street, 1956. |
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| Sutton Place neighborhood, 1956. |
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| Public housing development, 1956. |
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| Stuyvesant Town residential development, 1956. |
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| Macdougal Alley, 1956. |
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| Near Herald Square, 1956. |
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| Broadway near Herald Square, 1956. |