Bygone Americana

28th Street, looking east from Second Avenue. New York, 1931.

28th Street, looking east from Second Avenue. New York, 1931.

(Source: The Atlantic)

Boy selling Coca Cola from roadside stand. Atlanta, 1936.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt

Boy selling Coca Cola from roadside stand. Atlanta, 1936.

By Alfred Eisenstaedt

(Source: images.google.com)

Manhattan, 1937.
By Berenice Abbott

Manhattan, 1937.

By Berenice Abbott

(Source: digitalgallery.nypl.org)

Lower Manhattan, 1938.

Lower Manhattan, 1938.

(Source: The Atlantic)

Harlem, 1938.
By Berenice Abbott

Harlem, 1938.

By Berenice Abbott

(Source: digitalgallery.nypl.org)

34th Street, looking east from Third Avenue, beneath the curved El station. New York, 1931. 

34th Street, looking east from Third Avenue, beneath the curved El station. New York, 1931. 

(Source: The Atlantic)

Bronx, New York, 1936.
By Dorothea Lange

Bronx, New York, 1936.

By Dorothea Lange

(Source: shorpy.com)

A Hooverville in Brooklyn, circa 1930-1932. The area is now Red Hook Park in Brooklyn.

A Hooverville in Brooklyn, circa 1930-1932. The area is now Red Hook Park in Brooklyn.

(Source: The Atlantic)

Manhattan, 1936.
By Berenice Abbott

Manhattan, 1936.

By Berenice Abbott

(Source: digitalgallery.nypl.org)

Italian vegetable sidewalk stand. New York, 1937.
By E.M. Bofinger

Italian vegetable sidewalk stand. New York, 1937.

By E.M. Bofinger

(Source: The Atlantic)