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Old 01-18-2009, 05:04 PM
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Old-Time Pics of New York City

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Over 200 of 'em starting from the late 1800's. I live just outside the city and I'm a big NYC history lover.
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Nice, I love cityscape photography.
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I love how the blimp says U.S. NAVY... SHAME ON YOU U.S. AIRFORCE!
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wow, this is fantastic--thanks
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I always though that new york had the most interesting history, and pictures of any US city.

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Neat. I'd like to have some of those featuring the port and river traffic enlarged a bit. They'd look great in our office (shipping company).
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I love how the blimp says U.S. NAVY... SHAME ON YOU U.S. AIRFORCE!
USAF didn't exist at the time of that picture.
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speaking of which, a blog that chronicles the loss of old new york.

http://lostnewyorkcity.blogspot.com/
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Awesome. Thanks for this.
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thanks for the thread guys, great reads/pictures
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Weird looking back on it.
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The Army and the Navy have more aircraft capability on their own that the Air Force.
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Beautiful photos. I love looking at old photographs, especially from the early days of photography.
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Just scoped out the photos... gonna read some of the blog before getting back to work... I love old photographs of stuff like this...
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