Carte Postale City - NY - A rainy day, New York 1943

Colorized photo from 1943, March Original title : New York Times on a rainy Photographe : 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 y are. As you step into the street, you trip over one, only to be greeted by a curious pigeon. Its gets a 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. Dans la confusion de la accompli, ce 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 profitable for them. This location has 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 because its not at all crowded, no one taking selfies with the statues, and there is very little traffic. This Image shot during wartime, you'll note the taxis have black out headlights. Dans those days when you heard a plane ou 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. C'est quoi, cette histoire d'amour ? You couldn't see far with them, but people ort de saw you dans la rue. Les Tail Lights ont le Resatment. "Not all cars", c'est ça. Donc, tu peux te sentir dans le traffic light. If you look carefully you'll see a Plus symbole dans le vert light, c'est near the top of the light so it won't light a lot. Green had a plus, red had a dot, et j'ai une sorte de jaune light it had a V shape. Presumably the movie theaters, etc would just soff their lights.