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A Boy, East 102nd Street

Date: 1968
Description: A boy in a short coat stands in front of a brick wall in a debris-strewn alley at East 102nd Street.
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Poster in East Village Window

Date: 1968
Description: A defunct storefront with a man sitting inside and posters taped in the window. One poster depicts a woman posing in a wet shirt and the other advertises ...
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Boys Playing in Abandoned Building, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: View from below of two boys standing in a doorway opening of an abandoned brick building in the East Village.
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Woman With Parcel, Lower Eastside

Date: 1968
Description: A woman with a scarf on her head and holding a parcel engaged in a conversation. Only the hand of the other speaker is visible in the photograph.
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Tugboat, East River

Date: 1968
Description: A tugboat passes under the Brooklyn Bridge. Seagulls circle over the water and the developed shoreline is visible in the distance.
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Men Under the Brooklyn Bridge

Date: 1968
Description: Two men on a derelict car under the Brooklyn Bridge. They appear to be salvaging parts. Other wrecked vehicles crowd the area.
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Side of Tugboat, East River

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of the hull of a tugboat in the East River showing rigging, bumper-tires and part of the boats name, "-EN F. McAL-."
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Children Posing, Coney Island

Date: 1968
Description: A group of five girls holding school books pose for a portrait in front of a building on Coney Island.
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Observation, Battery Park

Date: 1968
Description: A boy looking through a pay binocular stand in Battery Park. Graffiti makes the device seem to smile and young trees grow in the background.
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Souvenirs, Battery Park

Date: 1968
Description: Shelves of souvenirs for sale in Battery Park. The neatly stacked and arranged trinkets include: models of the Empire State Building and the Statue of Libe...
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Conversation Beside the Hudson River

Date: 1968
Description: Two men sit in conversation on a low wall beside a watery expanse of the Hudson River. They are are hunched against the cold and pier pilings form the the...
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Barber, West Village

Date: 1968
Description: View of a barber in the West Village taking a nap on the fully reclined shop chair, seen through the shop's front window from the street.
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"More," East 4th Street

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of an advertisement posted on East 4th Street which depicts three people lying in bed smoking marijuana. The copy below reads, "more--when everyt...
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Playground, Jacob Riis Houses

Date: 1968
Description: View from below of two boys on a jungle gym. Some of the brick buildings of the Jacob Riis Houses rise in the background.
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Manhattan Bridge

Date: 1968
Description: A piling of the Manhattan bridge from the foot of the bridge with a section of city skyline visible in the background and sunlight glinting of the East Riv...
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Couple on the Pier, East River

Date: 1968
Description: A fashionably dressed young couple stand in an embrace on a pier on the East River. The river and a waterfront warehouse are visible behind them.
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Tugboat Captain, East River

Date: 1968
Description: A tugboat captain leans on a handrail and squints into the sun on a tug in the East River. Part of the wheelhouse is visible behind him.
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Sunday Reader on the Pier

Date: 1968
Description: A man in a sweater vest, wool pants and eyeglasses sits in the sun on the pier reading. Gently rippling water fill most of the photograph while the foregr...
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Wholesale Meat Market, Washington Street

Date: 1968
Description: A worker examines a hanging haunch of meat in the wholesale meat market on Washington Street, while another worker stands in the background. Also in the ro...
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Conversation, Riverside Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two women sitting on a bench in Riverside Park having a conversation. The picture is taken from behind with the shoreline far below the women in the backg...

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