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Sewing shop at 475 Tenth Avenue, ca. 1936-42.

Horsing around with Pepsi, Harlem, 1955.

The perfume counter at Saks Fifth Avenue, 1955.

𝐏𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐎 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐋 as 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐔𝐒

With the men away at war, 18-year old Hazel Hanzelin became the first woman to work on the floor of the NY Stock Exchange. Here she is phoning the latest prices to her firm’s office on April 28, 1943. She was formerly an order clerk in the financial district.

Looking out at the icy waters of the Hudson, with Manhattan in the background, January 29, 1936.

And below is a detail of the second photo:

There was no white Christmas for New Yorkers in 1947, but on the next two days they got all the snow they could ask for, and more. Between December 26 and 27, 25.8 inches fell in the metropolitan area, eclipsing the legendary blizzard of 1888.

Above, Evelyn Gibson learns that chivalry is not dead when a smiling Kenneth DeGennaro carries her across the snow outside City Hall on the 26th. Others trudged by on their own.

In the second photo, snow-covered automobiles wait for their owners to dig them out on Southern Boulevard in the Bronx, December 26, during the city's heaviest recorded snowstorm.

The Lunar New Year is usually the time for a week-long celebration in Chinatown, but in 1938 China was at war with Japan. On January 31st, residents of Chinatown observed the start of 4642 by praying in Joss houses (temples) rather than carousing in the streets. They were also working toward collecting $600,000 set as the year's war relief quota of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.

The second Madison Square Garden, which actually was in Madison Square, on January 17, 1924. It was preparing for the Democratic National Convention in June (and July. There were 103 ballots). Its seating capacity was normally 13,000, but was increased to 20,000 for the convention.

Wollman Rink, Central Park, 1954. This is a photograph, although it looks like a painting.

Photo: Edward Pfizenmaier via Christie's

Snow in Washington Square Park, January 9, 1954.

Times Square, New Year's Eve, 1926.