The Twentith Century Pictures Part 3

Acrobats Performing on the Empire State Building    Acrobats Jarley Smith (top), Jewell Waddek (left), and Jimmy Kerrigan(right) perform a delicate balancing act on a ledge of the Empire State Building in New York City. August 21, 1934 Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Children Flee From Their Homes    Vietnamese children flee from their homes in the South Vietnamese village of Trang Bang after South Vietnamese planes accidently dropped a napalm bomb on the village, located 26 miles outside of Saigon. Twenty-five years later, the young girl running naked from her village, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, was named UNESCO goodwill ambassador. June 8, 1972

Berlin Children Cheering Airlift Plane    A group of German children stand atop building rubble, cheering a United States cargo airplane as it flies over a western section of Berlin. American and British forces have been airlifting food and supplies after Soviet forces surrounded and closed off the besieged city. 1948

Portrait of Duke Ellington    Jazz musician and composer Duke Ellington poses for a studio portrait before his first European tour. 1933

Cab Calloway Leads Orchestra at New Year's Ball    American bandleader and singer Cab Calloway leads an orchestra during a New Year's Ball at the Cotton Club in New York, December 31, 1937 Cotton Club, New York, New York, USA

Flat Iron Building in New York    The Fuller or the Flat Iron Building is considered to be the first skyscraper, New York, New York. ca. 1901-1910 Creator Name: Daniel H. Burnham Date Created: 1901-1903 Location Information: Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Bomber Rammed Into Empire State Building    A view of the hole rammed into the 78th and 79th stories of the Empire State Building by a U.S. Army Bomber flying in the fog. Part of the wreckage hangs from the 78th story, New York, New York, July 28, 1945. Empire State Building, New York, New York, USA

Times Square Crowd for V-J Day    The largest crowd to date in Times Square gathers for the announcement that the war with Japan was ended, New York, New York, August 14, 1945

Immigrants on Stern of S. S. Bremen Ocean Liner    Immigrants lean over the stern railing on the S. S. Bremen. August 1, 1923 Probably Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Crowds on Wall Street 1929    Panicked stock traders crowd the sidewalks outside the New York Stock Exchange on the day of the market crash. 1929