Submitted by whyyoutookmyname t3_10hvmon in nyc
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bklyn1977 t1_j5b1h7j wrote
46th and Broadway
Silo-Joe t1_j5bb2ep wrote
Roughly behind the car is where the TKTS booth is currently located.
IndyMLVC t1_j5bbcn4 wrote
Ahh ok. So we're looking at the Disney store.
Thank you
Silo-Joe t1_j5bd0jt wrote
The Disney Store location is not in this photo. That’s diagonally across from where this camera was aimed.
IndyMLVC t1_j5be0rx wrote
So this is facing which direction? North West?
HiFiGuy197 t1_j5bh0v2 wrote
This is facing northwest and the Disney store would be directly behind the cameraman.
The short white building with the big circle window is the Lunt-Fontanne Theater.
IndyMLVC t1_j5blo6g wrote
Got it. Thank you!
whyyoutookmyname OP t1_j5ap1u3 wrote
Description of the photo:
March 1943. "New York, N.Y. Times Square on a rainy day." Now playing: Disney's "Saludos Amigos." Afterward we can grab a bite at the Automat. Medium format negative by John Vachon, Office of War Information.
Source Photo (in B&W) retrived from Shorpy.com
PoorFilmSchoolAlumn t1_j5cyca6 wrote
Looks low-res for medium format.
LittleKitty235 t1_j5d789v wrote
How can you tell? By looking at the pixels? 🥴
Medium format like 120 could have shown more detail, but any number of factors in the steps from through development to digitiation could have degraded it. Seems reasonable to me to be medium format.
PoorFilmSchoolAlumn t1_j5dedlx wrote
I’m not doubting it was shot on medium format. I’m just making a joke about the image quality.
chewls_verne t1_j5dj9mz wrote
Film could be a higher speed maybe?
SendTacosPlease t1_j5c3o9u wrote
This is a rough approximation of where it would have been taken from via google street view, August 2022: See here . As noted, the Disney store is directly behind the photographer. If you look, you'll notice the awning of the current Lunt-Fontanne Theater on the left hand-side to try and match it appropriately!
Silo-Joe t1_j5bb8j8 wrote
Nice photo of the Horn & Hardart Automat.
vicsfoolsparadise t1_j5eyrq3 wrote
Everyone should watch this documentary. Back story of how it was made is as good as the doc.The Automat
grambell789 t1_j5cv2gw wrote
here it is now: https://goo.gl/maps/7o6FTzpzC2F3mB4w7
you can see the little round window on the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre down 46th st.
the building on the corner is gone but according to wikimapia the Automat is still there just buried under advertisements.
lamb_pudding t1_j5bw5bu wrote
I thought this was a screenshot of a Fallout game.
LittleKitty235 t1_j5clawl wrote
It's hard not to look at it and not think it is a movie set right?
The_Lone_Apple t1_j5auh40 wrote
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Cool hih
dekalbavenue t1_j5cii1e wrote
I was curious about the names of the stars on that billboard on the right. The only full name I see is Ina Ray Hutton and she was definitely not a nobody according to what I could find of her.
WikiSummarizerBot t1_j5cijmc wrote
>Ina Ray Hutton (born Odessa Cowan; March 13, 1916 – February 19, 1984) was an American singer, bandleader, and the elder sister of June Hutton. She led one of the first all-female big bands.
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T1mac t1_j5cqlbx wrote
Ida Lupino - a big movie star from the 1930s and worked 'til the late 1970s in TV
Dennis Morgan
Joan Leslie
PorchHonky t1_j5cysns wrote
Wow. Times Square was recruiting wack people even way back then!
LittleKitty235 t1_j5d7gf3 wrote
But Times Square is no longer brought you by the letter 'E'
What the hell is up with that sign?
PorchHonky t1_j5d7syo wrote
Didn’t even notice on my first glance… Pretty sure that thing is a glitch in the matrix. Too afraid to scan it with my phone!
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IndyMLVC t1_j5avpx6 wrote
Do we know what street we are looking at?