Historic Urban Life

Vintage photographs capturing bustling streets, markets, and pedestrians in historical New York and Rotterdam, reflecting urban life from the past.

Vintage photograph. Pedestrians on busy New York City sidewalk

The Ghetto, New York, N.Y., circa 1909

Horse drawn carriage, Shops and people on Broadway, New York, 1858 Vintage B&W Photograph by William England

Vintage photograph. Pedestrians on busy New York City sidewalk

Anefo photo collection. The market on the Maashaven must make room for metro in Rotterdam. February 14, 1964. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. First market day from Dapperstraat. September 29, 1961

Vintage photograph. Crowds of people walking down New York streets

Vintage Photograph. View looking north on Broadway from Times Square at pedestrians, traffic, and billboards and marquees on buildings, New York City, Frame 5

Vintage Photograph. Pedestrians crossing Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, looking north, New York City

Vintage Photograph. Pedestrians walking on Fifth Avenue looking uptown from 50th street, New York City

Union Square, 14th Street and Broadway, Manhattan.. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (N.Y.), Streets , New York (State) , New York, Billboards , New York (State) , New York, Buses , New York (State) , New York, Newspaper vendors , New York (State) , New York, Subways , New York (State) , New York, Union Square (New York, N.Y.)

'West on the Muski, Chief Arabian Thoroughfare of Cairo, Egypt', c1930s. Market street known as Sharia Al Muski From "Tour of the World". Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa., New York, Chicago, London

Vintage Photograph. Street Scene in Casablanca Moroco.

Swedish Travel Bureau "on Coventry Street in London. The travel agency was opened in 1921 by the Swedish Tourist Traffic Association but was taken over in 1924 by SJ Travel Agency. In connection with the takeover, the travel agency changed its name to" Swedish Travel Bureau ".

Anefo photo collection. Jordan festival in Amsterdam, decoration is applied to the Palmgracht. September 7, 1962. Amsterdam, Jordaan (Amsterdam), Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Crowds at Herald Square in New York City looking North.

Poll photo collection. Troon distance Queen Wilhelmina / Inauguration of Queen Juliana. Flag sea in the regularsbestraat. September 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

New York City USA

Poll photo collection. Zegeis with MS Baleran Rotterdam Lloyd. Boulevard in Marseille. 1935. France, Marseille

Vintage photograph. looking north on 5th avenue from 38th street

Anefo photo collection. During shopping in Kalverstraat in Amsterdam due to the approaching Sinterklaas party. November 29, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Downtown New York City view of pedestrians in street

Typical street sight in Shanghai's International Settlement. Typical street sight in Shanghai's International Settlement

Times Square at night, New York City, New York, USA, Angelo Rizzuto, Anthony Angel Collection, November 1953

Piccadilly Circus June 28th 1919. From: World War I photograph album, 1919, by Herbert Green.

Anefo photo collection. WI West Indies / Anefo London series. Shopping street Willemstad (Curaçao). {1940-1945}. Curaçao, Willemstad

07/31/1954. Sierpes Street.

Windward Avenue Venice Beach Los Angeles California, USA c. 1920

Vintage Photograph. View looking east on 42nd Street at Fifth Avenue showing pedestrians crossing street and bottom of Chrysler Building in background, New York City

Anefo photo collection. Towel through the city. March 25, 1958

Regatta from Gondolas on the Grand Canal in Venice at the Rialto Bridge; Venezia Ponte di Rialto Regatta. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Genoa, Florence and Venice.

Vintage photograph. New York City. People standing on corner in Times Square looking south

Poll photo collection. Pariser Bilder the street life of Paris. Shopping audience in Rue de Rivoli. 1965. France, Paris

Vintage photograph. Broadway at night looking north on Times Square

Anefo photo collection. Sunbathing for Central Station in Rotterdam. March 20, 1964. Rotterdam, South Holland

The Bowery, looking East, Rockaway, New York, USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1900

Coney Island, 5/23/15

Oakland, California - East Bay area, 1942

Brodie's Saloon, New York City, New York

Carroccio parade during the Palio of Siena, 1910-20.

Vintage Photograph. Night view of Freemont Street in Las Vegas Nevada.

Salem, Essex Street from Saint Peter, west , Streets, Business enterprises, Stores & shops, Carts & wagons, Horse teams, Gardens. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Salem, Essex Street from Saint Peter, west , Streets, Business enterprises, Stores & shops, Carts & wagons, Horse teams, Gardens. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Broadwaystreet scene with pedestrians, carriages and shops. Anthony's instantaneous views. No. 192. 1860. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Streets , New York (State) , New York, Broadway (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Hastings front, Victoria's watching a punch and Judy show on the beach. Date: 1895

Turkish fruit vendor. .

Café Biard, rue d'Amsterdam, Paris (VIIIth arr.). 1920-1940. Anonymous stereoscopic view. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 53419-12 CAFE BIARD, rue Amsterdam, Stereo, VIIIEME VIII 8th 8 arrondissement, Stereoscopic view

1960s CAFE DE LA PAIX ON PLACE DE L'OPERA AND RUE DE LA PAIX PEDESTRIANS AND DINERS AT OUTDOOR CAFE TABLES PARIS FRANCE

Arabs lined up by police to check on identity card, Jan. 21, 1939, Israel

San Isidro festivities 1972.

The Strand, London, circa 1900, London, by George Rose.

roma, turisti sovietici in visita nella capitale, 1956

, Praterstern - view against the Ferris wheel, postcard, Kilophot K, producer

Poll photo collection. Pariser Bilder the street life of Paris. Flower stalls at the foot of the Madeleine. 1965. France, Paris

Members of the public stop to look at a map in Pigalle in Paris.

Looking west from somewhere near Fortnum's. Date: 1890s

Elsevier photo collection. Tourism, tour boats. July 10, 1956. Amsterdam, Soviet Union

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Tel Avi, Magen David Square. Shopping audience, city traffic and an escalator with access to underground public facilities. January 1, 1964. Israel, Tel Aviv

Poll photo collection. Pariser Bilder the street life of Paris. Terrace of Café Le Métro on the Place Maubert. 1965. France, Paris

Vintage Photograph. Pedestrians on 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenue

Nagasaki, Japan. View into a busy business street with locals and tourists in Rikshas

SkiopT icon with motifs from Rothenburg ob der Tauber.The image has been stored in cardboard marked: Spring Travel 1910. Rothenburg XXIX .. Text on image: "Markt".

Port Said waterfront & cuisine section. December 4, 1951. (Photo by F. Peterson).

1950s BUSY WATERFRONT MARKET STALLS BLACK CAT BAR AND HANGING LAUNDRY GENOA ITALY

Vienna I, Anker-Kunstuhr am Hohen Markt, Marc Aurel, Postcard industry AG, Vienna Postiag, producer

Market and street cafe on the riva degli schiavoni in venice, 1899, historical illustration, Italy, Europe

USA, New York, Times Square street scene

Refugees waiting for means of escape from Shanghai last weekend find various ways of passing time. Some sit among their belongings on the Bund. Others are easily attracted by entertainers, sidewalk hawkers, and black market operators playing their trades along the waterfront. Means of escape narrowed as the Red forces continued their pressure against the nearly encircled city. January 01, 1949. (Photo by AP Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Romantic book stalls in Amsterdam. May 22, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Looking advertising television at Restaurant Rienstra in Amsterdam. September 28, 1951. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Streetview with mountains in the background.

Poll photo collection. Travel to Venezuela and the Eastern Caribbean. Shopping street in Caracas in Venezuela. 1948. Caracas, Venezuela

Vienna, Graben , Germans postcard publisher, producer

Anefo photo collection. Tour of the Netherlands. Start on Dam Square. May 5, 1949

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Spritzer and Fuhrman's tableware store. On the right the Breedestraat. October 1955. Curaçao, Willemstad

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Shop De Gruijter on the Johan Huizingalaan 176 in Amsterdam. 27 February 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Pedestrians walking near women with strollers outside the Central Park Zoo, New York City

Travel photos Mediterranean. Port scene (maybe in Turkey). View from a passenger ship to the quay

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. De Ruyterkade with the market in Willemstad. October 1955. Curaçao, Willemstad

1960s PATRONS AT CAFE DE LA PAIX SIDEWALK CAFE CORNER OF PARIS OPERA HOUSE IN BACKGROUND PARIS FRANCE

Vintage Photograph. Main shopping section of Amarillo.

Coney Island, Surf Ave.

Anefo photo collection. Carnival tour in Bergen op Zoom. 12 February 1972. Bergen op Zoom

Anefo photo collection. Four-day in Nijmegen, pressed for the cabins. July 27, 1964. Nijmegen

1930s BORDENS 5 CENT FROZEN CUSTARD CONE STAND ON CONEY ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NY USA

Vintage Photograph. Customers at Bergen Mall new shopping center.

Poll photo collection. Hohenloher country. Visitors in the Kurpark of Bad Mergentheim. 1960. Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, West Germany

Anefo photo collection. In Amsterdam, the tourist flow for Easter starts to get started, tourists at the monument on Dam Square. April 13, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The parade of Mi-Careme (Carnival) seen from Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France, photo by Gimpel, from L'Illustration, No 3498, March 12, 1910.

Sanremo, liguria, italy, 1950-60.

Toledo, 1956. Tourists in the Plaza de Zocodover, where agents indicate directions to tourists.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Tel Aviv, Allenby Road. Overdown and shoppers with bags full, in the background city traffic. January 1, 1964. Israel, Tel Aviv

Boulevard des Italiens in Paris with passers-by, horse korances and a horse tram; Paris. Perspective du Boulevard des Italiens .. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Belgium and France.

Seville, 1930 (CA.). Picturesque appearance of Sagasta street, adjacent to Sierpes street, during the parade of the Brotherhood of La Macarena.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. De Heerenstraat in Willemstad. October 1955. Curaçao, Willemstad

Anefo photo collection. Sunbathe on the stairs of the National Monument on Dam Square. April 4, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The centre of the capital of the GDR, East Berlin, 30.4.1975, Am Alexanderplatz, DEU, Germany, Berlin, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Assignments hotelrevue from the catering congress, second day in Haarlem. September 24, 1958. Haarlem

Anefo photo collection. Christmas lights Kalverstraat Amsterdam. December 9, 1954. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Montgomery St., from Austin's Building, July 4, '65, S.F. Pacific coast. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Fourth of July celebrations, San Francisco (Calif.), Parades & processions

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