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Published 11 years ago by cone with 3 Comments

1939 New York City in vibrant color

A newly released, captivating film clip brings to colorful life the streets of New York City—in the summer of 1939. You read that right: The color footage, which comes from Romano-Archives and was recently released on the Web, is 74 years old

 

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  • tukka
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    Cool video, all the prices are so CHEAP! 5 cents for a margarita, 10 cents for four pounds of produce etc.

    • timex
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      First thing I noticed too!

  • socialiguana
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    All these people (with the exception of some of the kids/babies) are most likely dead. That's depressing.

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