It's rare we can look back at an era of NYC like the 1940s and see it through such sharp, colorful images. Thanks to Charles W. Cushman, a tourist here during that time with a knack for ...

The New York City Department of Records & Information Services has digitized more than 720,000 photographs. The pictures are from the city’s 1940s tax photos and were taken between 1939 and 1941.

Image source: 1940s New York Have you ever heard of Nassau Heights in Queens? Today, it's known as Middle Village. Did you know that Woodside was once called Woodside-Winfield? Welcome to 1940s New ...

Smokestack lovers, rejoice — 1940s New York City is coming back! Thanks to Mayor Bill de Blasio and a bunch of City Council members, who excitedly announced an “Action Plan to Grow 21st ...

Over 70 years after his first exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, photographer Todd Webb is getting his second one. The posthumous celebration of his work comes with a smaller showing ...

His archive has been donated to and maintained by Cushman’s alma mater, Indiana University, which has given us permission to publish his gallery of New York City photos taken in 1941 and 1942.

NEW YORK -- Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers -- from ...

Author David Reid Discusses New York Culture and Politics from 1945-1950 ...

During its brief lifetime, there was no mistaking PM New York Daily for any other newspaper. The tabloid, which existed between 1940 and 1948, didn’t run advertisements. Catering largely to ...

This vintage video produced by the NY Transportation Board in 1949 provides a glimpse at what the New York City subway system looked like decades ago.