#aug. 7

Two youngsters play in a pond in the southeast corner of Central Park on a Sunday afternoon, August 7, 1948. In the background are buildings along Central Park South.

A fruit vendor sells his produce at Park Avenue near 110th Street, August 7, 1952.

Passers-by check out the window display of a souvenir shop on Broadway near 48th Street, August 7, 1958.

Before she was a gossip columnist, Hedda Hopper was a Broadway chorus girl. Picture taken on August 7, 1922.

A man reads from the Bible to the sinners of Times Square, Broadway & 45th St., August 7, 1958.

Catherine and Lorraine Bell, neighbors of State Senator James J. Walker, are backing the Tammany candidate for the mayoralty nomination, Friday, August 7, 1925. He ran against incumbent John Francis Hylan, and won.

Fireboats trying to control the fire on the tanker Graham after it collided with another tanker, August 7, 1958.