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Barton Silverman

Matthew Broderick in his BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS dressing room at the Alvin Theatre in 1983. (Photo: Barton Silverman) *

Astroland, Coney Island, Brooklyn, Photo by Barton Silverman, 1978

Sept. 9, 1967: At a discotheque on St. Mark’s Place in Manhattan, club-goers were subjected to “the technique of multimedia,” which, The Times patiently explained, is a “jarring combination of stimuli — sounds, lights, colors, smells and moving images,” which aimed “at reaching audiences by a supersaturated attack on all the senses, not just eye or ear.” The “technique” was increasingly being used to liven everything from Scott Paper company presentations to museum exhibits. “In our daydreams we approach every project with ‘how many senses can we involve?’” said one multimedia consultant. “The better we can control everything — light, sound, temperature, humidity — the better we like it.” Photo: Barton Silverman/The New York Times

Dec. 27, 1987: “Before the season, both New York teams had been expected to make the National Football League playoffs,” The Times reported of the Jets and Giants. “Instead, each finished with a 6-9 record and last in its division,” and some fans could not bear to show their faces at their last outing. Photo: Barton Silverman/The New York Times

Feb. 8, 1979: In Dix Hills, on Long Island, a fresh snow offered sledding for some and slippery conditions for others. This image was reproduced later that same year in the Opinion section of the Long Island edition, accompanying a sort of ode by a nature columnist to the season: “Winter, superficially bleak, masks the natural processes that are continuing in the everlasting struggle to survive,” Sy Barlowe wrote in The New York Times. Photo: Barton Silverman/The New York Times

Aug. 23, 1966: A victim of Beatlemania was carried off while “more than 45,000 teen-age girls — and a few anguished parents as well” converged to listen to 30 minutes of “all but inaudible” Beatles tunes, The Times reported. Sid Bernstein, the concert’s promoter, who was disappointed that it had not sold out, “said he believed the days of English rock ’n’ roll groups, with the possible exception of the Beatles, were numbered,” The Times reported. “From now on,” he said, “It’ll be all American. Remember what I said — I’ve never been wrong before.” The Beatles’ last tour ended six days later. Photo: Barton Silverman/The New York Times