Shocked and angry crowds in Times Square grab copies of the New York Enquirer bearing the headline of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Unemployed single women demonstrate for public works jobs, December 7 , 1933. Some placards read "Forgotten Women," because public policy focused only on men's unemployment.

People crowd near the "Zipper" on the NY Times Building to see the news about the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Construction workers atop the nearly completed 70-story RCA Building in Rockefeller Center cheer as a crane deposits the last stone, which was ceremonially put in place, December 7, 1932.

They were snapping up newspapers on December 7, 1941, to read about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In those days there were morning, afternoon, and evening papers (as well as special editions, when needed), so readers could get up-to-the-minute information.