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April 20, 1950: The Woolworth Building reflected in a puddle in City Hall Park. The original caption deemed it “an eerie reflection of the skyline.” Photo: Arthur Brower/The New York Times
Commuting in the 1940s (slightly before Mad Men)
The commuters here are riding the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company through Stamford into Grand Central Terminal in downtown New York City. (The Drapers’ Ossining was served by the New York Central Railroad)
Some hats are up in the hat rack and a few women are riding as well. The handles on the seat backs make it possible to flip them over so that passengers are always facing in the direction of travel … or so seats can be arranged to face each other for communicative people.
The decline in young home owners is a puzzling trend. Interest rates have steadily declined over the last 30 years. Mortgage lending has loosened. Women have ascended in the workplace and supplemented their spouse’s earnings. How in the face of all of these positive developments did home ownership among the young keep falling?
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| — | Derek Thompson, “The End of Ownership: Why Aren’t Young People Buying More Houses?” (via theatlantic) |
Oct. 16, 1970: The Times chronicled the sale of used display stock at a warehouse on Long Island, an event that the reporter said “would have made a swarm of locusts look like a bunch of lazy butterflies.” The complete dummies cost $10 and $20, “but the parts were a bargain,” the caption said. “You could get a hand for five cents or buy an arm for a dime.” Photo: Gene Maggio/The New York Times
