Vintage Photos of Manhattan in The 1940s (45 pictures).

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Amateur photographer Charles W. Cushman traveled extensively in the U.S. and abroad capturing daily life from 1938 to 1969. Here are photos of  Manhattan taken in 1941 and 1942.


west-side-of-broadway-from-bowling-green-1942

view-up-moss-ave-1942

up-4th-ave-from-astor-place-cooper-union-on-the-right-1942

two-views-looking-up-a-street-of-many-races-lower-manhattan-1942

the-old-fulton-market-manhattans-lower-east-side-saturday-afternoon-1941

sunday-afternoon-gossip-1942

street-in-new-yorks-chinatown-1942

stores-near-corner-of-broome-st-and-baruch-place-lower-east-side-1941

store-fronts-below-brick-tenement-1942

statue-of-liberty-from-the-battery-harbor-new-york-1941

statue-of-de-peyster-bowling-green-1942

south-street-teems-with-trucks-along-east-river-new-york-city-1941

south-ferry-bums-on-a-bench-at-noon-hour-at-battery-park-1941

southeast-corner-of-1st-st-and-bowery-1942

skyscrapers-looking-toward-the-financial-district-from-an-east-river-pier-new-york-city-1941

residents-of-lower-clinton-st-near-east-river-saturday-afternoon-1941

produce-exchange-new-york-1942

poverty-young-and-old-black-and-white-1942

portable-soft-drink-stand-at-bowling-green-1942

old-lady-reads-sunday-paper-lower-east-side-1942

northeast-corner-of-1st-st-and-bowery-1942

new-york-street-scene-lower-east-side-1942

municipal-building-tower-thru-3rd-ave-l-1942

manhattans-skyscrapers-from-jersey-city-ferry-boat-1941

lower-manhattan-from-jersey-city-ferry-boat-1941

lower-manhattan-1942

lower-first-avenue-1942

looking-up-riverside-dr-just-north-of-george-washington-bridge-1941

looking-up-into-financial-district-from-south-ferry-1941

looking-up-fulton-st-from-south-st-1941

italian-bake-shop-below-canal-st-58-mulberry-st-new-york-1942

hot-sweet-potatoes-cart-1942

horse-drawn-carriage-bowling-green-1942

empire-state-building-from-28th-st-1942

east-river-below-brooklyn-bridge-1941

east-7th-st-between-3rd-and-2nd-st-1942

downtown-skyscrapers-from-east-river-pier-1941

crowd-gathers-during-salvage-collection-in-lower-east-side-1942

corner-of-pearl-st-1942

collecting-the-salvage-on-lower-east-side-1942

chinese-store-windows-new-york-1942

approaching-liberty-st-ferry-1941

a-corner-on-west-canal-st-1942

a-block-between-avenues-a-and-b-1942

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