Corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues, Pittsburgh, ca. 1940

“Street-level view of the corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues taken at approximately 10:35 AM, focusing on pedestrians wearing hats. A Coca Cola sign is clearly visible in the background, as well as the Standard Typewriters Co. sign. The smoke in this image is particularly heavy.”

From University of Pittsburgh / Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1940s-1950s

Gita Lenz. Street Scene (Carmine Street & 7th Avenue, NY), late 1940s - 1950s

A narrow street in the city of Porto, Portugal, 1950s

Thanks to firsttimeuser

Henk Jonker. Street organ with dancing children, Amsterdam, 1950s.

Estúdio Horácio Novais

Ardina, Lisboa, Portugal, 1930-1980

[Street vendor of newspapers, Lisbon, Portugal, 1930-1980]

From Biblioteca de Arte / Art Library Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Gita Lenz

Street Scene (Carmine Street & 7th Avenue, NY), late 1940s - 1950s

Ara Güler Istanbul during the 1950s and 1960s Thanks to undr

Sabine Weiss Paris, 1950s Thanks to undr

Robert Doisneau. “Puddle Jumping”, Paris, 1950s

W. Eugene Smith

A double-exposed image shows photographer W. Eugene Smith’s loft in lower Manhattan, a late-night hangout for the city’s artists and jazz musicians in the 1950s and ‘60s.