57 Fascinating Photos That Capture Street Scenes of New York City in the 1950s _ Olden American Chronicles

   

Here is a collection of fascinating photos from Michael Donovan that show street scenes of New York City in the 1950s.

42nd Street toward 5th Avenue (New York Public Library on the right), circa 1951
Broadway & 47th Street, 1951

 

Times Square, 1951

 

Bowling Green, Manhattan, 1952

 

Columbus Circle, New York City, 1952

 

Times Square, 1952

 

42nd Street off 7th Avenue, 1953

 

Broadway toward 51st Street, 1953

 

Melrose Avenue toward 149th Street, the Bronx, 1953

 

Park Row & Worth Street, 1953

 

Times Square toward 46th Street, 1953

 

Times Square, 1953

 

Times Square, 1953

 

42nd Street & Broadway , 1954

 

Broadway & 42nd Street , 1954

 

Broadway & 44th Street, April 15, 1954

 

Broadway & 51st Street, 1954

 

Grand Concourse & 156th Street in the Bronx, circa 1954

 

New York City, 1954

 

Times Square, 1954

 

Times Square, 1954

 

Times Square, 1954

 

University Avenue off 176th Street in the Bronx, October 21, 1954

 

7th Avenue toward 47th Street, 1955

 

31st Street off 5th Avenue, 1955

 

42nd Street & 3rd Avenue, 1955

 

Roebling Street & Broadway, at the Williamsburg Plaza, circa 1955

 

Times Square, 1955

 

Times Square, 1955

 

Times Square, 1955

 

West 8th Street & Macdougal Street, circa 1955

 

Yankee Stadium, circa 1955

 

5th Avenue & 50th Street (St. Patrick's Cathedral on the right), 1956

 

Atlantic Avenue & 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, 1956

 

Atop Rockefeller Center, 1956

 

 Fulton Street & Bond Street, Brooklyn, with a view of the RKO Albee Theater, 1956

 

Times Square, 1956

 

Times Square, 1956

 

Times Square, 1956

 

7th Avenue & 47th Street, 1957

 

Times Square,1957

 

5th Avenue & 60th Street, circa 1958

 

Times Square,1958

 

Times Square,1958

 

Times Square,1958

 

Times Square,1958

 

Battery Park, New York City, 1959

 

Broadway & 42nd Street, 1959

 

Easter Parade at 5th Avenue & 50th Street, 1959

 

Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue & 40th Street, 1959

 

Manhattan skyline, 1959

 

Toward Fulton Street & Adams Street, Brooklyn, 1959

 

 Times Square, 1959

 

 Times Square, 1959

 

 Times Square, 1959