"What it was like in last night's midtown blackout... Some people whiled away time in theaters. Criterion, at Broadway and 45th had usher who doubled as air-raid warden..."

"What it was like in last night's midtown blackout... Some people whiled away time in theaters. Criterion, at Broadway and 45th had usher who doubled as air-raid warden..."

[Fire above an upholstery shop]

[Fire]

[Fire fighters with smokey car]

[truck fire]

[fire]

"This is one of hundreds who watched Labor Day fire until the bitter end, about 7 in the morning."

Rescue operation III

[Man with radio]

"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"

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

"Boy from the Richelieu meets girl at the Stage Door Canteen"

"Boy from the Richelieu meets girl at the Stage Door Canteen"

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

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

"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... 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."