[Jack Dempsey with daughters Barbara and Joan at circus, Madison Square Garden, New York]

[Sailor with dummies of Mussolini, Hitler, and Hirohito at benefit ball at Waldorf- Astoria, New York]

"War time New York: Pleasure Driving Ban Raises Crop of Windshield Excuses"

"War time New York: Pleasure Driving Ban Raises Crop of Windshield Excuses"

"War Time New York: Air Raid Wardens Rib Themselves in Free Show"

"War Time New York: Air Raid Wardens Rib Themselves in Free Show"

[Wartime rationing: crowds in front of J. & A. Solomon meat market, New York]

[Wartime rationing: crowds in front of J. & A. Solomon meat market, New York]

[Wartime rationing: crowds in front of J. & A. Solomon meat market, New York]

["Horse Face Harry" and Sherman Billingsley of the Stork Club at Sammy's on the Bowery, New York]

[Cellist Gustave Berger at rehearsal for "Three Gifts" at Yiddish Art Theatre, New York]

[Cellist Gustave Berger at rehearsal for "Three Gifts" at Yiddish Art Theatre, New York]

[Woman eating eskimo pie and reading latest news on Times Building, New York]

[Woman looking to see where plane crashed into Empire State Building, New York]

[Man looking to see where plane crashed into Empire State Building, New York]

[Man looking to see where plane crashed into Empire State Building, New York]

[Girl looking to see where plane crashed into Empire State Building, New York]

[Girl looking to see where plane crashed into Empire State Building, New York]

Eloping Philly Couple, Mabel Williamson and Malcom Gehbauer, held by New York Police

[Bar patrons describe the shooting of Manuel Jiminez as he is carried away, New York]

[Man climbing fire escape ladder in front of Freda Barber Shop, New York]

[Police and bystanders with body of bakery delivery truck driver Rudolph Supik, New York]

[Wife of murder victim collapses in the arms of policemen upon arrival to scene, New York]

[Cecil Beaton at Truman Capote's Black and White Ball at the Plaza Hotel, New York]