old New York photographs in color from the 1940's and 1960's

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

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Slewfoot
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Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:17 pm

Not sure if these have been posted here before (I ran a search and didn't see anything), but well worth a look regardless. Old color photographs of New York in color. The men all had such style. I imagine a good percentage of the suits were bespoke made by local tailors. Ahhh, the good ol' days. Also notice how little traffic there is on the streets.

http://citynoise.org/article/10506

http://citynoise.org/article/10512

http://citynoise.org/article/10507/by/Franny%20Wentzel

http://citynoise.org/article/10513/by/Franny%20Wentzel
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Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:47 am

Great tour - in space AND time!

This one has such glorious light...
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Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:37 pm

Yes, thank you for sharing these, D. The lack of traffic and the high quality of dress (by current practice) are striking.
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