Longacre Square, New York, 1903, one year before it was named Times Square. That happened because New York Times moved their headquarters there.
1905
Mount Rushmore at the time it was unpresidented (c. 1905) www.rarehistoricalphotos.com
1928
MGM opening credits in the making, 1928. Yes, that’s how they did it!
1933
A photo of Central Park during the Great Depression (New York, 1933) www.rarehistoricalphotos.com
1945
New York Harbor, end of WWII, 1945. The liner Queen Elizabeth is filled with the American troops coming home from war.
1950’s
“If a Woman Needs It, Should She Be Spanked?” – 1950’s New York Mirror Q & A. How times have changed! www.rarehistoricalphotos.com
1951
’The Ecstasy of Jazz’. Jazz fans absolutely caught in the moment at a Big Jay McNeely concert (Los Angeles, 1951) www.rarehistoricalphotos.com
1955
What is now the Las Vegas strip, 1955 www.rarehistoricalphotos.com
1957
Enjoying a meal in the car while getting cooled air piped in the car. This is a drive-in restaurant, in Texas, 1957.
1973
Motorola engineer John Mitchell with his phone on the streets of New York. Mitchell helped develop the design for the first mobile phone. 1973. www.rarehistoricalphotos.com
1989
In 1989, Boris Yeltsin (then newly elected to the new Soviet parliament and the Supreme Soviet) visited the Johnson Space Center in Houston (Texas) and made an impromptu visit to a grocery store in the area with his staff. According to the Houston Chronicle newspaper, Yeltsin “roamed the aisles nodding his head in amazement”, especially excited about frozen pudding pops and free cheese samples. In his own biography, Yeltsin wrote: “When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people.” www.rarehistoricalphotos.com
