These Kodachrome photographs were taken by Harold Mayer, a pioneer of urban geography and specialist in urban and transport geography of North America, especially New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and British Columbia. A professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, during his academic career, Professor Mayor gathered a large photographic collection to teach his students.
Take a look back at Manhattan, New York City in the 1940s and 1950s through these 13 fascinating vintage color photographs below:
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Times Square, 1948. |
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United Nations buildings under construction, 1951. |
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Ambassador Hotel on Park Avenue, 1950s.
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjXd76QeCgpLERCiphyphenhyphenYChywdRjiYPs4nzZyDkmdCWRV08kGTCQjHcbvbpt43whD451i119GkoD4PV-llTAJqvT4sWGwW-vuE4NmcX_zwknCE08_5ljNaI9P-vLGMpxl55z92kzs0M250/w640-h428-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-04.jpg) |
Washington Square Park Arch, 1956. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfb9cUkDOiLwuZyfieQWi1kOrJ2JlGz4V8g4MEKhI1ZGpYSuPn79E_Q5ZvLSDxbaQCn9-TmX6_W5FhIi9ga479f94nUKdnylN_yUqYYHZ3eHNuiqB_1g4zOr_Lg9MQUlvKmzX2tESrBZ5j/w640-h428-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-05.jpg) |
Lower East Side, 1956. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuH6f95M2_loe4N4w15Ev4OMqcXMs0czt31pQT6MaGUYPxdPv2LLMzmclH2HbrM0lxSGjYofuDEZ0JuDq75jRfzACi0jsh9hZJSusAYFuhz4HAeBrnY_tTOd5F43_HCqq5QlBmayZi7ty/w640-h428-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-06.jpg) |
Park Avenue north from 58th Street, 1956. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCZcx7tFF4-nUu0AoQvSnwWa7YKvWuIAPKeaGHLOQjM0Lw_1Jux-8xr9peLL1ZLd0weqPnkY_kpfznCmuflK6NLAdqIPAI3byg61tbq3laCdv-psTWm_X1y10KNAbPLv0WoJOHCZWhd5m/w640-h412-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-07.jpg) |
Playing in the street, 1956.
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5jiZH9QT9Ndcxb6DgeoiSgEz9VtL0jdgjTDmmvBIX_yrYs3u0tEK-m4PpCQVPDUJPqhzAfzGS0PqqkN7d8eebYyHjMKfvLB4ZaABoHC7GS1-2G000NNvl7w_mFeo5p7DVLaqLC5cjFSa/w640-h424-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-08.jpg) |
Sutton Place neighborhood, 1956. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdxFvP4dGG7pspMazMGT685dsOG6ASg1OeyHB8DmNifcZoZly8Om6cQNotpxl8-LuougOQPqExdkxFu6o-sBJ83ib5zqQQ61Dix1xBfGz03Zldb07sPVxhoBeNz0nQozia3rwxEJ8_U4d/w640-h434-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-09.jpg) |
Public housing development, 1956. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2zWTmXwGwnoPL4xlpEFCeAEcgmmThkCOX-BGicwWUhbAH95Y-zHHFAP44_wl_TsFiFCo77oPHJTwRJDB1v53cP3Fy-ypPVyRP8qDIzhCyw3vz6ib0snnW7GMXXFjxUn8DJY4bkU_ZVJv/w640-h434-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-10.jpg) |
Stuyvesant Town residential development, 1956. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sdPNgkPtPoRGNmnMZ35NY0n4zK3tPLCVslgvH1hYYUfqQuoTad4xx89O7TdW186_yLJ6QFjos1Lp8QO1hY7Kojp3m3ufG2ovK8jG6Tv1Gh_T2MEcd5cQ8VxLPyu0O6m2Zb-0CbC9jZkI/w640-h430-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-11.jpg) |
Macdougal Alley, 1956. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuB2lkOGDz1mQo_ewxFhqOasPScclRKfXLAQg5cgbxBWUeWU0U1b2Wt7v39yXasUQW3GgplrNZyBJsnpIGxs706ae07eMdt3r8-qJiOEwyfPURza68qexhmn7qBMrw0qs_tQ2nKFISFvzT/w640-h426-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-12.jpg) |
Near Herald Square, 1956. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURT81VgaE9oqlJ0dhzM3McCT0wZSCI_A1-f4rmHxRox2ixVApjDF8n3DH5jRq7mVnbePBZF-sP1l4u5kD9tyqxXm3VPFqkOqm7YMmH1Mc43SzGSjrEsA2dAhbVele3MizkoOhp-ds4rr3/s16000-rw/manhattan-new-york-city-1940s-1950s-13.jpg) |
Broadway near Herald Square, 1956. |
(via
University of Wisconsin,
American Geographical Society)
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