The New York Curb Market of Curbstone brokers at work on Broad Street, New York City. A large number of brokers knowns as 'Curb' brokers gather in the street, dealing in unlisted securities. They were also sometimes called the Sidewalk Stock Exchange or Curb Exchange. They communicate with clerks and counterparts leaning out through the open windows of the nearby buildings, shouting and waving hand signals, and recording trades. Crowded street of Curb Brokers in front of Brokers Cafe and Restaurant.
New York City celebrates the Armistice ending World War 1. View from above of crowds on 5th avenue, in Manhattan, New York city, gathered at Madison Square, around the Altar of Liberty designed by architect Thomas Hastings, to honor the homecoming troops from the World War. The crowd forms a sea of waving hats, hands, and flags. Scene shifts to George Washington Statue at Federal Hall, Wall Street, which has been draped with American flag and signs reading: "Liberty cannot die." A clergyman stands below the statue and paces back and forth like a cheerleader. Closeup of a bearded Jewish man, wrapped in a Yiddish newspaper announcing the end of the war. He is blowing a horn and has an American flag and a blue and white Jewish flag fastened to his back. Camera pans over young women dressed in costumes as: soldiers, nurses, drum majorettes, the statue of liberty, red cross workers, and Uncle Sam. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Three news correspondents: Mr. John J. Nevin - International News, Mr. Robert Bender - United Press, and Mr. L. O. Pobert - Associated Press, United States, seen talking amongst themselves. The three men board the USS George Washington leaving for Europe to cover the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Armistice Celebrations in New York City at end of World War I. Effigy of Kaiser hangs over road. People carry an effigy on car. They wave small flags of United States. People with an effigy with white flag in its hand and war ends banner. A man wears skeleton skull mask and holds flag.
Injured U.S. soldiers arrive in New York at end of World War 1. Men board a steamship at dock to assist in offloading injured soldiers. Men stand on gangplank. Men receive and carry injured on litters to the dock. View of USS Lagoda (SP-3250) U.S. Navy Patrol Vessel at anchor. Injured men carried from steam ship to waiting ambulances at dock side. An ambulance drives off from the dock.
Skyline of New York featuring the newly built Manhattan Municipal Building rising high in the sky above other nearby buildings. A huge bell Liberty Bell-like replica in a nearby park with a sign that reads "Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense." A man addresses the spectators together with a woman in a red cross-like uniform (likely Mrs. Millicent Hearst, wife of William Randolph Hearst and Chair of the committee, formed during World War I). Two U.S. Navy sailors also stand on the podium. Traffic moves on a street with flag decorated buildings in business district.
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