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Brightly lit buildings beam a salute to the 350th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson, June 11, 1959. Ships from naval armada that came to the celebration add to the glitter as they rest at anchor in the river. Photo was taken from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. The RCA Building at Rockefeller Center is seen at right. View is to the northwest with New Jersey in background.

Rev. Jesse Jackson raises a clenched fist from a police van after he and 11 others from Operation Breadbasket were arrested during a sit-in at the Atlantic Pacific Tea Co. offices in New York February 2, 1971.

Martha Graham and Company in 1973 / Photographed by Marty Lederhandler

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"There is no place for arrogance in the arts, but neither is there room for doubt or a perpetual need for affirmation. If you come to me with doubts about a particular move in a piece, or if you come to me and ask if what you've written has truth and power in it, these are doubts I can handle and respect. But if you come to me and moan about whether or not you really have a place in the dance or the theatre or film, I'll be the first person to pack your bags and walk you to the door. You are either admitting that you lack the talent and the will, or you are just looking for some easy attention. I don't have time for that. The world doesn't have time for that. Believe in your worth and work with a will so that others will see it. That's how it is done; that's how it was always done."

--Martha Graham/Interview with James Grissom/1989

David Bowie seen in the role of John Merrick in "The Elephant Man", on stage at the Booth Theatre, Broadway New York. Sept.17 1980

Tallulah Bankhead broadcasting from her dressing room in the Plymouth Theater on October 21, 1948, as she introduces President Truman, who delivered a campaign address from Washington. Bankhead introduced Truman as “the human being” she prefers for president “against Thomas E. Dewey, the mechanical man.” She was starring in a revival of Noel Coward's Private Lives with Donald Cook and Barbara Baxley.

Fluorescent lights in the 38-story building highlight "UN" on the United Nations Secretariat building along the East River at 42nd St. on October 23, 1951, as the international organization marked its sixth anniversary.

While the New York Times building's news zipper in Times Square flashed out news of the deepening crisis in England, these picketers marched through the crowd, September 27, 1938, with signs protesting Germany's position in the European situation, and urging a boycott on the Third Reich.