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| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | The front of a pawnshop in the East Village showing windows full of merchandise such as guitars and watches above large signs which proclaim, "Loans." A c... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A group of men watch a bocce game on a court on East Houston Street. The line of men standing on the lip of the court cast elongated silhouettes onto the ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View from below of two boys on a jungle gym. Some of the brick buildings of the Jacob Riis Houses rise in the background. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View from below of two boys standing in a doorway opening of an abandoned brick building in the East Village. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Man sleeping on a sidewalk in front of a retractable metal gate in the Bowery. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman with a scarf on her head and holding a parcel engaged in a conversation. Only the hand of the other speaker is visible in the photograph. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A piling of the Manhattan bridge from the foot of the bridge with a section of city skyline visible in the background and sunlight glinting of the East Riv... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A tugboat passes under the Brooklyn Bridge. Seagulls circle over the water and the developed shoreline is visible in the distance. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two men on a derelict car under the Brooklyn Bridge. They appear to be salvaging parts. Other wrecked vehicles crowd the area. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two men in suits watch four large cranes working to construct the World Trade Center. The cranes sit atop an extensive metal-beam structure and the men ar... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two workmen in overalls and hardhats stand on a wooden walkway in the East River. The slick water-level walkway leads into a group of pilings and the back... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A fashionably dressed young couple stand in an embrace on a pier on the East River. The river and a waterfront warehouse are visible behind them. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two passengers stand over a bench and look out of the ferry towards the water. The developed shoreline and a pier with a seagull perched on top can be see... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A tugboat captain leans on a handrail and squints into the sun on a tug in the East River. Part of the wheelhouse is visible behind him. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Close-up of the hull of a tugboat in the East River showing rigging, bumper-tires and part of the boats name, "-EN F. McAL-." |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman standing in front of closed stalls on Coney Island. The framework for the Devil's Pit roller coaster rises in the background behind dilapidated si... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A group of five girls holding school books pose for a portrait in front of a building on Coney Island. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A group of five men and women sit on metal crates in the sun on the Coney Island boardwalk. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A man walking with a cane in the sand dunes on Coney Island. A dilapidated fence cuts across the foreground of the beach and a rock jetty juts into the ba... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a partially open restroom window in the Bellevue Hospital. A heating vent is attached to the wall in front of the window and roll of paper tow... |
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