PHOTO: Led by veterans of last war, 300 selectees march to subway at Ninth Ave., and 39th St., Brooklyn in 1942. Friends and relatives follow along, giving boys a real send-off. Keep sluggin', fellas. Read more.
PHOTO: The Navy transport LeJeune as she was berthed at Pier 51 on the Hudson River in 1945. She brought 4,500 troops -plus 14 dogs- home from France. See photo at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Oak Street Police Station and the razed area that is to be site of Gov. Alfred E. Smith Housing Project on the Lower East Side circa 1948. View photo at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1940 a park attendant shows off his shuffleboard skills in preparation for inter-park competition, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1948 Dr. Wahl's daughter put daddy's caddy through the wall right down the block at 1224 Thieriot, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Johnny and Jimmy shoot marbles out on Amesterdam and 140th in 1941, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Reenact this shot of the sailor and his girl sharing a victory kiss on VJ day, 1945, at the link, and send your new view to @nydailynews on Twitter! Read more.
PHOTO: People line up for food rationing outside Central Commercial High School, which was here in 1943, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1943 Carlo Tresca, editor of anti-Fascist newspaper, Il Martello shot and killed at 15th St. and 5th Ave. See photo at the link. Read more.
PHOTO: Warm weather brings out fresh water sailors on this spring day in 1942. Hit the water to snap a matching shot of the boathouse and send your new view to @nydailynews on Twitter! Read more.
PHOTO: An enforcement official examines a false-heeled shoe used to smuggle marijuana in 1946, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: 1947. First Army Sergt. Robert G. Evraets passes up the shovel for a flame-thrower, testing the weapon as an anti-snow device on Governors Island, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Five members of a Red Hook gang arrested on murder charges sit in the back of a patrol wagon in 1948, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Harry Kregman, owner of Hats & Caps, tries a hat on a customer back in 1943, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: View of the piers in 1946 when it was the Bethlehem Steel shipyard. Click "More Info" to view photo. Read more.
PHOTO: 1949 funeral procession for Bill (Bojangles) Robinson along 125th St. Click "More Info" to see photo Read more.
PHOTO: Famed hermits and hoarders the Collyer brothers lived here! See this historic photo of police breaking in to extract Homer Collyer's dead body on March 21, 1947! Read more.
PHOTO: War is over! Click "More Info" to see Harlem crowds on 107 St celebrating V-J Day, the end of World War II! Read more.
PHOTO: Before 1965, this was the home of the Yorkville Casino, a dance hall and meeting place for Upper East Siders! Check out this pic of the exterior from 1947, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1942 police trying to prevent a jumper battle with Mrs. Edna Egbert on the ledge of this building! Click "More Info" to see this amazing pic! Read more.
PHOTO: Recognize this building? Edna Egbert battles police trying to prevent her from jumping in this picture from 1942. Read more.
PHOTO: "The Bronx Bull," boxing champion Jake LaMotta lived right around the corner at 994 Neil Ave! Check out this pic of LaMotta in 1949, as the Bronx celebrates its middleweight champion! Read more.
PHOTO: Right next door, the Three Deuces was a famous jazz club throughout the 30s and 40s. Click "More Info" of this great historic pic! Read more.
PHOTO: Across the street, the Three Deuces was a famous jazz club throughout the 30s and 40s. Click "More Info" of this great historic pic! Read more.
PHOTO: The Brooklyn Bridge walkway is crowded! Click "More Info" and ccheck out these foot racers from 1948 down on the car deck, making their way from City Hall to Coney Island! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1947, Jackie Robinson was the first black player in major league baseball. Click "More Info" to view this historic pic of his first steps into the Brooklyn Dodgers club house! Read more.
PHOTO: Check out this pic from 1947 of the old elevated train stalled above Third Avenue during a harsh December snowstorm! Read more.
PHOTO: Check out this great pic from 1947 of children beating the summer heat outside on the street! Read more.
PHOTO: Remember the old Penn Station? Click "More Info" to view travelers waiting for trains in 1942. Read more.
PHOTO: Click the link to see Hollywood hunk Errol Flynn at the station for kicking a policeman on Pearl Harbor Day in 1948. Read more.
PHOTO: Take a picture from the top like this one from 1947, and send your new view to @nydailynews on Twitter! Read more.
PHOTO: Stand at the boardwalk and look up toward Surf Ave, just like this picture from 1944! Send your new view to @nydailynews on Twitter. Read more.
PHOTO: With men off at war, the LIRR hired women to work the yards in 1942, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Skies were blue and snow hard and fast as sledders took to the park in this pic from 1943, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Sledders blast through a snow blank on Pilgrim's Hill in 1947, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Check out this great pic from 1947 of children beating the summer heat outside on the street! Read more.
PHOTOS: Inside the Collyer brownstone: The story of Harlem's hermits & their hoarding. View at the link! Read more.
