New york 1970s vintage photos

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This thread will feature pics of NYC in the 1970's. Please add pics if you have any. First off are b/w's from the 1977 blackout. Anyone remember that? I was just a little kid. Many here probably weren't even born yet. (UPDATE 11/09: Sorry, the b/w pics must have been deleted by the Flickr poster. I'll try to relocate them and repost ASAP) http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1296/809471511_a01ca20b41_o.gif http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1321/809472263_f6bc388ed0_o.jpg

Times Square 1974

These brilliant photos were taken by Hans Joachim Jacobi and scanned by his son Michael. They travelled to NYC as a stopover on the way to and from Halifax in Nova Scotia to visit relatives. Hans was using a Exakta Varex IIa, an East-German camera, using Agfa CT18 film. These photos are courtesy of Hans Joachim Jacobi’s … Continue reading "New York City in all its Neon-Lit Glory, 1969 – 1971"

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From "New York", photography by Bernard Hermann, text by Gilbert Millstein, 1977

I was a teenager in Texas during all of it, so I missed out on the New York City of the 1970s. It was a very different place than where I live today. The Bowery , now lined with million dollar apartments, lived up to it’s infamous name by hosting much of the city’s illi

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