"The surprise air raid drill early yesterday morning caught even air raid wardens off guard."

[Wartime rationing: retail butchers await arrival of meat, Brooklyn]

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

[Dairy store owner Harry Kaltman and his family selling butter to crowds before the midnight freeze on sales, Lower East Side, New York]

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Chinese curio store doubles up with rival."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Chinese curio store doubles up with rival."

Columbus Ave.

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Vacant store becomes baby carriage depot."