#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 31: The #Dodgers Sym-Phony Band serenades team president Walter F. O'Malley.
("O'Malley Meets the Dodgers Sym-Phony Band," Ben Sandhaus, Photo published #OnThisDay in 1951, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... 📷🗃️📜⚾
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 30: #CivilRights leaders meet at the #NAACP offices to discuss the search for three missing workers.
"Civil Rights Leaders Meeting," AP Photo, Photo published #OnThisDay in 1964, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... 🗃️📜
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 29: Police search one of many First Ave. buses for a bundle of typhus-contaminated lab smocks
("Typhus Scare on NYC Buses," Chris Daly, Photo published #OnThisDay in 1953, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... #histmed
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 28: A crowd of Communist protesters gather outside the 49th Street police station in NYC.
("Communist Crowd," Published #OnThisDay in 1935, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#photosky #RadicalHistory 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 27: A composite photo contrasting the NYC skyline w/the column of water displaced during the Baker nuclear test
(International News Photo, Published #OnThisDay in 1946, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#ColdWar 🗃️📜
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 26: A demonstrator vents his anger on a dummy of #FidelCastro.
("Anti-Castro Demonstrator," Len Morgan, Photo published #OnThisDay in 1960, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#ColdWar #Communism #Castro 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 25: Directed by 2 Iowa farm girls, a member of a visiting USSR delegation learns how to eat a #watermelon 🍉
("Melon Etiquette," AP Wirephoto, Published #OnThisDay in 1955, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... #ColdWar
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 24: Andree Tourneur demonstrates the perils of using a modern phone booth on the #MGM Studio lot
("Phonebooth Dilemma," Int.'l Newsreel Photo, Photo published #OnThisDay in 1937, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... 🗃️📜
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 23: Anne-Marie Kolk, Miss International Contact Lenses, meets reporters at the Overseas Press Club.
("Miss International Contact Lenses," Photo taken #OnThisDay in 1959, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... 🗃️📜📷🔍
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 22: Thomas Ray of Pratt & Whitney poses with many foreign objects picked up by the engines of jet airplanes ✈️
("Jet Engine Hazards," INS, Published #OnThisDay in 1957, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#histSTM 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 21: A preview of the Long Island Fair & 1960 Science Industry Exposition in Westbury, Long Island
("Beauty, Bovine & Ballistics" Published #OnThisDay in 1960, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#ColdWar #histSTM 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 20: Leaders from the US, USSR, UK & France gather for a summit @ the Palace of Nations in Geneva
("Big 4 Conference Setup," AP Radiophoto, Published #OnThisDay in 1955, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#photosky 🗃️
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 19: The rotating betatron, a $170,000 cancer fighter, undergoes testing at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx
("Cancer Fighter," Bob Laird, Published #OnThisDay in 1947, NY Journal-American Photo Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#histmed 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 18: Strikers at the Brooklyn Trust Company call out to employees not to cross their strike lines.
("Strikers Call Out," Photo published #OnThisDay in 1947, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#LaborHistory 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 17: A seal astonishes the crowd by balancing a doll on its head at a performance of Circus Krone in Aachen, Germany
("Balancing Act," Photo published #OnThisDay in 1962, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... 🗃️📜🦭🎪
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 16 (a direct sequel to yesterday's photo): Firemen water down the ruins of Wanamaker's Department Store.
("Wanamakers in Ruins," Sheldon Gottesman, Photo published #OnThisDay in 1956, NYJA Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 15: The scene on the streets as firemen battle the 25-hour long blaze @ Wanamaker's Department Store.
("Wanamaker's Fire," AP Wirephoto, Photo taken #OnThisDay in 1956, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 14: CORE members hold a sit-in demonstration at a #WhiteCastle diner in the Bronx.
("Sit-In at the Diner," AP Wirephoto, Photo published #OnThisDay in 1963, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#CivilRights 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 13: Surrounded by her judges, "Angel" is crowned Queen of the Beatniks.
("Queen of the #Beatniks," UPI Photo, Photo taken #OnThisDay in 1959, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#photosky #beatnik #groovy 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 12: A gas station attendant on the Henry Hudson Parkway fills a tank while feeding a baby blue jay
("Gas Station Assistant," Frank Jurkoski, Photo published #OnThisDay in 1958, NY Journal-American Photo. Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 11: Goose Tatum (Harlem Globetrotters) surrounded by House of David players Curt Selvy & Jack Garrett
("Goose Surrounded," Photo published #OnThisDay in 1954, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... #basketball 🏀🗃️📜
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 10: A baby #alligator looks at a sign before being shipped from the #BronxZoo to a new home in Jerusalem
("Baby Takes a Last Look," Al Robbins, Photo taken July 9, 1954, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... 🐊📷🗃️📜
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 9: A motorcade organized by the American Veterans Committee heads to DC to lobby for a bill providing free cars to amputees.
(AP Photo published #OnThisDay in 1946, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue, @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD... #dishist
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 8: Alphonse Halimi & José Becerra face off in L.A. w/the world bantamweight championship on the line!
(AP Wirephoto taken #OnThisDay in 1959, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue, @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#boxing #photosky #sports 🗃️📜📷🥊
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 7: Crowds flee a fire in the big top of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, CT.
(AP Wirephoto published #OnThisDay in 1944, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue, @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#photojournalism 🗃️📜📷
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 6: Parachutists on the thrill jump at Steeplechase Park look out on the #ConeyIsland crowds
(AP Photo, published #OnThisDay in 1959, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue, @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#photography #photosky #journalism 🗃️📜📷🪂
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 5: Waiting for the bubble to burst at a contest sponsored by @childrensaidnyc.bsky.social's Sloane Children's Center
(Photo published #OnThisDay in 1962, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue, @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#photography 🫧📷🗃️📜
"Happy Holiday Crowd" Happy travelers crowd the Greyhound Bus station as they prepare to get out of town for the Fourth of July holiday. Date published: 1949-07-03 Date taken: 1949-07-02 Photographer: Art Miller NYJA Photographic Morgue Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 3: A "Happy Holiday Crowd" gathers at the Greyhound Bus station in anticipation of the #FourthOfJuly.
(Photo by Art Miller, published #OnThisDay in 1949, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue, @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#photography 🗃️📜📷🚌🇺🇸
#31DaysOfNYJA, Day 2: "Negotiations Begin" between
@uaw.org's Walter Reuther & the Chrysler Corporation.
(AP Photo, taken #OnThisDay in 1964, NY Journal-American Photographic Morgue, @ransomcenter.bsky.social)
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#photography #photosky #LaborHistory #UAW 🗃️📜📷
"Newest Old Glory" (published #OnThisDay in 1960): The new American flag with Hawaii's 50th star is unfurled by a Boy Scout patrol atop Mt. Marcy in the Adirondacks.
norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ItemD...
#31DaysOfNYJA #BoyScouts #AmericanFlag 🇺🇸
#speccolls #photography #photosky 🗃️📜📷
