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Around Macy’s Herald Square – The Greatest Store In The World, 1905

Vintage Photograph Shows Macy's Department Store and Herald Square in 1905

by Matt Coneybeare

on Feb. 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM

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Aug. 3, 1975: Coney Island was one of the few areas of activity during that summer’s hottest days, as the “Coney Island Chamber of Commerce reported a crowd of more than 1 million people, including more than 5,000 who slept on the beaches overnight,” The Times reported. Elsewhere across the five boroughs, “New York City was a town in low gear,” as temperatures seemed to linger in the 90s without any respite in sight.

Vintage Photograph Shows Thousands of Beachgoers on a Packed Coney Island Beach in August, 1975

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