In New York City near Times Square: Broadway show signs including 'Guys and Dolls' at the Broadway Theater, 'Shenandoah' at the Alvin Theater, 'The Wiz' at the Majestic Theater, and 'A Chorus Line' at the Shubert Theater. Signs advertising 'My Fair Lady' and 'A Texas Trilogy' are also seen. Other signs seen include one for Sardis Restaurant and Dance City.
People and buildings in New York. Vegetables displayed in an outdoor vegetable stand in front of a store or market. People move on sidewalks outside the market. Automobile traffic in the background. A man puts vegetables in a box.
The marathon swim around Manhattan in New York, United States. Swimmers grease their body to keep from getting chilled in the long race in cold water. The contestants dive into the water. A boat in the water. The contestants are fed from the boat which sails beside them. Sam Shields representing Miami, Florida, wins in record time of 8 hours 35 minutes and poses. ( Note: Sam Shields, reportedly a native of Louisville, KY, was a top competitive swimmer in his college days with the University of Miami.)
Models at a charity show in Easthampton, New York. Debutantes and matrons on a ramp display fall and winter fashions with tea gowns and lounging pajamas for a charity. Visitors sit and watch.
A graph shows a sudden increase in the deaths due to influenza in New York City during the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. Spike in the graph is shown for the 1918 influenza outbreak. Slide states "A steady decline of the death rate is shown by communities in which an intelligent public uses the results of scientific knowledge." A strata chart shows the deaths per one thousand people during the period from each of pneumonias, tuberculosis, and cerebro-spinal meningitis, and then deaths from the diseases summed. A chart at the end reads, "What sciences hope to do" and then it reads "Reduce all transmissible diseases to 0 - With the cooperation of an intelligent public."
Child artists observing different art styles. Close up views of faces of African American children viewing art work. Various paintings can be seen in a museum in New York City, during the "Harlem Renaissance," including two paintings by Aaron Douglas from the "Aspects of African American" series: "The African American in an African Setting" and "From Slavery through Reconstruction."
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