Excellent 1930's New York Online Photo Collection

[Amalric]

Gents,

I stumbled upon the New York Library's digital collection of their 1930's photo collection.

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?num=0&parent_id=100160&word=&snum=&s=&notword=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pNum=

It has tons of great pics for inspiration.
Enjoy
Amalric

[archangel1]

Love the prices listed in the middle picture, bottom row, first page.  Inflation was hitting already, I see.  Shave and a haircut up to 30˘ from two bits (25˘ for those from foreign parts  )

[Ramirez Noname]

Hi,

"It has tons of great pics for inspiration."

It certainly has ... the photo of 2505 Palisade Ave is just crying out for a scenario to be written around it - I can almost hear the cultists in the basement!

Thanks for posting

RMZ

[rjandron]

What an excellent resource. I was looking for something just like this!

[Doomhippie]

Yes, very inspiring pictures. Thanks for posting, an exsellent source!

[Major Payne]

Great find! 
I've been wondering about the suitability of mixing WWI era vehicles, you know; the ones with the hard rubber tires, in 30's era scenarios.
That picture on about page 6 of the trucks at the freight station shows trucks with those early wheels. Also of interest is the truck on the right has a mix of tires; Inflated on the front and hard rubber on the back. 
Those rubber tires would be hard on your back.  You'd feel every bump in the road!  Say, that gives me an idea... a new disadvantage in character generation- 'Bad Back' for reduced mobility or a negative die roll modifier when making an athletic challenge like crossing a rope bridge or swinging across a chasm on a rope.
This calls for some kit bashing!

[odd duck]

Great find,Almalric!!I was a little disapointed at first when  i saw Bernice Abbots name as I already have a link to a site featuring her work ,But this site is much more extensive,Thanks for finding it ! Oh and you might find this site of interest
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=34300

[bc99]

Enter some of those addresses into google and go to maps. You can then check out the "street view". See how much has changed.