This is pretty amazing. 

theatlantic:

In Focus: Historic Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives

The New York City Municipal Archives just released a database of over 870,000 photos from its collection of more than 2.2 million images of New York throughout the 20th century. Their subjects include daily life, construction, crime, city business, aerial photographs, and more. Alan Taylor spent hours lost in these amazing photos, and gathered this group together to give you just a glimpse of what’s been made available from this remarkable collection.

See more. [Images: NYC Municipal Archives]

Everyone one of these — every single one — is fantastic.

(via smithsonianmag)

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