Here is a collection of fascinating photos from Michael Donovan that show street scenes of New York City in the 1950s.
42nd Street toward 5th Avenue (New York Public Library on the right), circa 1951
Broadway & 47th Street, 1951
Times Square, 1951
Bowling Green, Manhattan, 1952
Columbus Circle, New York City, 1952
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Times Square, 1952
42nd Street off 7th Avenue, 1953
Broadway toward 51st Street, 1953
Melrose Avenue toward 149th Street, the Bronx, 1953
Park Row & Worth Street, 1953
Times Square toward 46th Street, 1953
Times Square, 1953
Times Square, 1953
42nd Street & Broadway , 1954
Broadway & 42nd Street , 1954
Broadway & 44th Street, April 15, 1954
Broadway & 51st Street, 1954
Grand Concourse & 156th Street in the Bronx, circa 1954
New York City, 1954
Times Square, 1954
Times Square, 1954
Times Square, 1954
University Avenue off 176th Street in the Bronx, October 21, 1954
7th Avenue toward 47th Street, 1955
31st Street off 5th Avenue, 1955
42nd Street & 3rd Avenue, 1955
Roebling Street & Broadway, at the Williamsburg Plaza, circa 1955
Times Square, 1955
Times Square, 1955
Times Square, 1955
West 8th Street & Macdougal Street, circa 1955
Yankee Stadium, circa 1955
5th Avenue & 50th Street (St. Patrick’s Cathedral on the right), 1956
Atlantic Avenue & 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, 1956
Atop Rockefeller Center, 1956
Fulton Street & Bond Street, Brooklyn, with a view of the RKO Albee Theater, 1956
Times Square, 1956
Times Square, 1956
Times Square, 1956
7th Avenue & 47th Street, 1957
Times Square,1957
5th Avenue & 60th Street, circa 1958
Times Square,1958
Times Square,1958
Times Square,1958
Times Square,1958
Battery Park, New York City, 1959
Broadway & 42nd Street, 1959
Easter Parade at 5th Avenue & 50th Street, 1959
Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue & 40th Street, 1959
Manhattan skyline, 1959
Toward Fulton Street & Adams Street, Brooklyn, 1959
Times Square, 1959
Times Square, 1959
Times Square, 1959