Elevated 18th: New York City Elevated Railway, 1942 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)
A boy sits reading in a bombed bookstore, London, October 8 1940
What a picture. Impresses me the hope books can give even in a destroyed bookstore.
Edwin Armstrong standing on top of the antenna tower of RCA Broadcasting Station WJZ, Aeolian Hall, 42nd Street, N.Y.C., 400 feet above the street, in May 1923. WJZ was the first broadcasting station in New York City proper and the pictures were taken just before the opening ceremonies began. As a result of this stunt David Sarnoff declared the roof permanently “off limits” for Armstrong.
Houdini before his near fatal jump & escape from the icy water below the Queen Street bridge in Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 18th, 1910.
Alright, this is Houdini. But an icy river in Australian summer. I doupt the Yarra River has ever seen ice in the last millenium.
