City - NY - Rainy Day in New York City 1943 Postkarte

Colorized foto from 1943, March Original Title: New York Times wir haben Rainy Day Fotograf: John Vachon Location: 200 W 47th St. Ah New Yorkin the rain, where all the water fills in the potholes and you don't know where they are. As you step into the street, you trip over one, only to be greeted by a curious pigeon. Its gets hat Bit Close to Your Face, then it flies away, you're thankful it didn't peck your eyes out and your ankle seems, ok. Then you realize your wallet is missing. In der Verwirrung der Bird's Took your wallet, the first one was just a distraction. Knowing people trip and fall at this spot, the birds here have quite the racket set up and its very proffor them. This leahas a lot of history, It's Times Square, while it had only a few signs and very few people. It's probably hard to recognize beursache its not at all crowded, no one taking selfies with the states, and there is very little traffic. This was shot during wartime, you'll note the taxis have have out headlights. In those days when you heard a plane or saw a boat from the enemy everyone had to do their part and turn out the lights. They took things seriously back then. The lights have a black shield over them, some even had a little hood that went above the light. There was a small slit the let light out. You couldn't see far with them, but people out of saw you in the street. Taillights had the same treatment. Not all cars had these. You can also it in the traffic light. If you look carefully you'll hat mehr Symbol in the green light, its near the top of the light so it won't light a lot. Green had mehr, red had a dot, and if there was a yellow light it had a V shape. Presumably the movie theaters etc. would just shut off their lights.