History of NYC - 1940 to 1945

Photograph of commuters at Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse, bathed in sunlight streaming through its majestic windows.

Soldiers and sailors line up inside the concourse of Pennsylvania Station.

Photograph of dock workers moving cargo at Fulton Fish Market with Manhattans' downtown skyscrapers visible in the background.

Photograph of pedestrians and brownstone buildings in Harlem.

Portrait of Ella Watson standing in front of the American flag with mop and broom.

Photograph of a young police officer walking his beat in Harlem.

Exterior view of 16 Greenwich Street and adjoining buildings beneath the shadow of the elevated railroad tracks.

Photograph of three men walking down the street past on of Harlem's nightclubs.

Exterior view of old buildings at the corner of Battery Place and Washington Street from southwest.

Photograph of a vast crowd of trucks and horse-drawn carts at the Wallabout Market in Brooklyn, New York.

Photograph of a market of Italian push carts selling produce on Arthur & Crescent Avenues in the Bronx.

Photograph of a taxi driver polishing the hood of his car in front of a row of brownstones.

Photograph of a diner, shoeshine booth and various printed advertisements near the corner of a block in Harlem.

Photograph of a fruit stand vendor waiting on customers on a corner in Harlem.

Man Reading a Newspaper on Harlem Street.