[Crowds respond to air raid drill, Times Square, New York]

"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."

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

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

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... James Butler grocery store, that's all."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... James Butler grocery store, that's all."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... James Butler grocery store, that's all."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Hamburger joint will re-open, they hope."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Hamburger joint will re-open, they hope."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Musical instrument store shuts shop."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Leon is gone, but salve is still for sale."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Leon is gone, but salve is still for sale."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Leon is gone, but salve is still for sale."

"The News Hits 'Little Italy'"

"The news about Mussolini comes to Broadway and 42d St."

"New York, largest Italian city in the world, yesterday celebrated the entry of U.S. troops into Rome"

"The Faces of New York on Invasion Day"