Marjory Collins

 At 7 a.m. on June 21, 1942, the day before stricter gas rationing was enforced, 

cars were pouring into this gas station on upper Wisconsin Avenue

 

 New York. Janet and Marie Wynn (lower left), Czech-American children, 

climbing on monkey bars in Central Park playground, 1942

 New York. Mall fountain in Central Park on Sunday, 1942

 

 New York. Manicurist at Francois de Paris, a hairdresser on Eighth Street, 1942
 

 New York. O'Reilly's bar on Third Avenue in the Fifties, 1942

 

 New York. O'Reilly's bar on Third Avenue in the Fifties, 1942

 

 New York. The mall restaurant in Central Park on Sunday, 1942

 

New York. Train gate at the Pennsylvania railroad station, 1942
 

 New York. Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station, 1942

 

 New York. Waiting room at the Pennsylvania railroad station, 1942

 

 Residents of one of Washington's best residential sections 

apply for sugar ration cards at Adams School, 1942

Samuel Gottscho

Samuel Gottscho (1875-1971) specialized in cityscapes and dwellings. His photographs of the New York City skyline remain some of the most iconic images of the city.

 A Pier in Brooklyn, with views to Manhattan over East River, April 1934

 

 Central Park, ca. 1935

 

 Chrysler Building, 1934

 

 Empire State Building, New York City to Chrysler Building and Queensboro Bridge, 1932

 

 Helena Rubenstein, 655 5th Ave. Hair dryers, 1961

 

 Helena Rubenstein, 655 5th Ave., New York City. Gym class I, 1961

 

 New York City Public Market at 1st Avenue and East 73rd Street, 1948

 

 New York City skyline from City Hospital, 1950

 

 Plaza buildings, reflected in open lake February 1933

 

 River House, 52nd St. and E. River, New York City. 

Parapet, 27th floor, against light, 1931

 

 River House, 52nd St. and E. River, New York City. Shore line with clouds, 1931

 

 Rockefeller Center and RCA building from 515 Madison Avenue, 1933

 

The opening day of the Empire State Building, 1931

Berenice Abbott

Previous set of photos by Berenice Abbott here.

 Lyric Theatre, Third Avenue, New York, 1936

 Miner, Greenview, West Virginia, 1935

 Night View, 1932

 Patchin Place, 1930s

 Pike and Henry Street. New York City, March the 6th, 1936

 Tin Man Wagon

 Triborough Bridge, East 125th Street Approach, New York City, June 29, 1937

 Warehouse (Yuban), Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn, New York, May 22, 1936

 Zito’s Bakery, New York, 1937

Waterfront, South Street, October 25th, 1935

Weegee

Weegee was a photographer and photojournalist. His real name was Arthur Fellig.

 At an East Side murder, 1943

 At the Jazz Concert, 1944

 Children on Fire Escape, 1938

 Circus audience, ca. 1943

 Coney Island 1940

 Lineup for Night Court, ca. 1941

 Lost Child, Coney Island, 1941

 Lovers in a Bowery Bar

 Lovers with 3-D glasses at the Palace Theater, 1943

 Naked Hollywood book, ca. 1952

Retail butchers lined up at Ft. Greene Market, Brooklyn, in the early dawn, hoping for a little meat to sell from their shops, March 19, 1943

Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott was an American photographer who worked mostly in New York City.

 115 Jay Street Brooklyn New York, 1936

 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, 1936

 Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, 1935

 Bread Store, 259 Bleecker Street, 1937

 Brooklyn Bridge, Water and Front Streets, 1936

 City Arabesque from the Roof of 60 Wall Street Tower, New York, 1938

 Court of First Model Tenement House in New York, 1936

 Happy’s Refreshment Stand, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1954

 Hardware Store Lower East Side, 316-318 Bowery, Bleecker Street, 1938

Huddling by the stove at the 72nd Street Station, 1936