Street views in Chinatown, New York City, United States. Pedestrians and traffic along Mott street and Pell Street in Manhattan's Chinatown. A Chinese Temple and Port Arthur Restaurant on Mott street. Chinese people read a bulletin board. Various Chinese stores.
Street life in Italian section of New York City, United States. Letterings on shop windows in Little Italy, such as “Jerry & Frank Meat Market” and “Italian Groceries”. Several signs read “Neapoletan Macaroni Co. Pura Semola 205 Products”, “218 Russo Pasticceria Tripoli”, “Grande deposito d’olio d’oliva”. A shop with signs written in Greek. Pedestrians walk along a busy street. Traffic moves past roadside stalls. People shop at roadside stalls. Italian American women chatting near a greengrocer. Italian American man chews gum. A man shops for bananas, vendor wraps bananas in paper for customer. Sign at an Italian bookshop says “Libreria Italiana Musica Calendari e Dischi”.p.
Stores of various ethnic proprietors in Little Syria area of New York City, circa 1940. Exterior of "Anthony Coulapides" cigarette store. Man and woman in front of the "A. Sahahi and Co Inc" importer store. A Greek shop with a street address of "37." A Greek shop selling "Harem Oriental Pastry". Another shop with a Greek sign, followed by a shop with a Hebrew sign.
African American people in Harlem, New York City. African American men and women walk along busy sidewalk at Harlem Street. Sign for the "Rhythm Club" on an awning of a nightclub. Traffic along street. Workers and shoppers walking. Group of African American people stand outside a building as fire trucks and policeman direct response to an unseen issue. Sign for an "Undertaker" business in the background. Hook and ladder truck with firefighters driving in front and back slowly backs up away from the scene. (Harlem Renaissance period.)
African American neighborhood Harlem in New York City, United States. Exteriors of various shops and stores. Traffic passes along busy street in the foreground. Sign reads 'Harlem Seafood'. African American people walk along street. African American woman sells ice cream cones.
Harlem River Houses in New York City, United States. An African American woman pulls a stroller along street. New residential apartment buildings in the background. Sign on new housing buildings reads 'Harlem River Houses' and name of President Franklin Roosevelt is also seen on sign. African American children playing in a fountain of the neighborhood apartment community.