Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
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Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway and the romantic cityscape of Central Park: over the years, life's photographers have explored every corner of New York, a city that magazines have long called its home.
From the collection of images, The Most Iconic Photographs of All Time - LIFE presents a series of black-and-white photographs that show the spirit, architecture, culture, visual proof that the city remains unique in both darkness and light.
1. Brooklyn Bridge, 1946.
2. Silhouette of the Statue of Liberty in January 1943.
3. In November 1948, Fifth Avenue was crowded with pre-Christmas traffic near 34th Street.
Model Carol Lorell walks on Third Avenue in the 1960s east of Manhattan in January 1940.
5. In September 1946, the moon seen from New Jersey shone on the RCA and Chrysler buildings in Manhattan, with its lights flickering in the waters of the Hudson River.
6. Aerial view of Coney Island's crowded beaches and piers, including parachute jump amusement park rides (tall structure on the left), Brooklyn, 1951.
7. In October 1942, a woman walked on the sidewalk of Fifth Avenue.
8. In January 1966, the balcony of the opening ceremony of the new Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center could be seen in the landscape
9. In October 1949, the unloading box was hoisted onto a loading platform at the Brooklyn Army Wharf.
October 1944, New Yorkers crammed under a large billboard on Broadway depicting actress Marlene Dietrich.
11. Sightseeing over New York, October 1949.
12. Beautiful and gorgeous clock at Penn Station, December 1942
13. In May 1947, the new MetLife Corporation North Tower left wing and the 1909 MetLife Night Tower, Madison Square, New York City.
14. Aerial view of the entrance ramp leading to the top of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City, 1950
15 In February 1960, a snowstorm struck New York City.
16 Columbus Ring in a Heat Wave, 1944
17. In February 1962, when SS France entered New York Harbor for its maiden voyage, it was greeted by a fire ship.
18. In 1971, a father and son walked through the Globe Theatre.
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
Monuments and museums, the bustling crowds on Fifth Avenue, the operas of the Metropolitan Opera and baseball in Harlem, the sardines on the subway, and romantic city views of Central Park:
