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580 Harlem 1940s Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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Harlem street scene in New York City.

Historic Images From The American 20th Century

Lindy Hoppers swing dancing in the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City.

Swing dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York, 1947.

Swing At The Savoy

In spite of the presence of thousands of policemen and troops, rioting continues on a small scale today, after a night of violence and looting, which...

Police officers arrest man in Harlem Riots

Woman in mid-air during a 'Lindy Hop' dance at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, circa 1947.

African American people wait in line at the entrance of a cabaret in October 1946 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM

People walking past billboards on a street in East Harlem.

People walking past billboards on a stre

The marquees of the Apollo and Times Square theaters in the midtown neighborhood of New York City.

Midtown Marquees

New York, New York. Three boys who live in the Harlem area. Artist Gordon Parks.

Three Boys Who Live In The Harlem Area

Walker Roberts Henry Campbell and Morris Jackson show off their new "zoot suits" - tuxedos looted from a formalwear shop during the Harlem riot of...

Boys Wearing Looted Formal Wear

The funeral procession for Bill Robinson along 125th St. In Harlem.

The funeral procession for Bill (Bojangles) Robinson along 1

In the Harlem neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, a group of African-American youth smile and walk down the street, just prior to the start of a...

African American men stand in front of a restaurant in a street of Harlem, in October 1946, in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM

Photograph originally captioned, 'Whites and blacks mix freely again at the Savoy Ball Room....' Musicians perform at the Savoy Ballroom, an...

'Whites And Blacks Mix Freely Again At The Savoy Ball Room...'

Newsboy in Harlem. New York, New York, April 1943.

New York, NY: Riot damage. Overturned and blazing, this car is one of many that were wrecked during the riot that swept Harlem, last night and...

Burning Car In Harlem

Aerial view of the Triborough Bridge with Hell Gate Bridge, which still carries high-speed trains from Boston to New York, in the background, 1940s.

Triborough Bridge

Premium Rates Apply. **NOT TO BE USED FOR POSTCARDS** A man wearing a full dress suit to church on Easter Sunday in Harlem, an area of New York.

Portrait of Hot Lips Page, Apollo Theatre, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb.

Portrait Of Hot Lips Page

New York, New York. Harlem apartment house. Artist Gordon Parks.

Harlem Apartment House

Portrait of Arnett Cobb and Walter Buchanan, Apollo Theatre, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947.

Portrait of Arnett Cobb and Walter Buchanan, Apollo Theatre, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947

Costumed participants in the annual West Indian Day parade on Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Costumed participants in the annual West Indian Day parade o

Harlem Newsboy

Vendor showing his wares at a bookstall on 125th Street in Harlem. New York, New York, June 1943.

Harlem Bookstall

Nicky ODaniel during filming of the movie It Happened in Harlem, 1945.

Black youth is escorted out of a police car, one of 360 held in connection with looting and rioting in Harlem on August 2, 1943. Where the top hat...

Young Black Man in Police Custody

Black policeman restrains a curious crowd at a fire in Harlem, New York.

Watching Disaster

Two women leaving the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York on Easter Sunday, dressed in their sunday best.

Women with her Dog leaning out of Apartment Window, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA, Gordon Parks, U.S. Office of War Information, May 1943.

Women with her Dog leaning out of Apartment Window, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA, Gordon Parks, U.S. Office of War Information, May 1943

African American people dance in a night club of Harlem, at the end of the 40's in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM-NIGHT CLUB

African American people dance in a night club of Harlem, at the end of the 40's in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM-NIGHT CLUB

Dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, 1947.

View of the Savoy Ballroom's neon marquee at night in Harlem, New York City.

Man lifts a woman into the air as they dance the 'Lindy Hop' on the dancefloor at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, New York, United...

Americans Doing The Lindy Hop

Man and woman dancing at the Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue, in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, 1947.

Stompin' At The Savoy

Woman, wearing a checked short-sleeve shirt and dark skirt. Smiling as she dances at the Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue, in the Harlem neighborhood...

Stompin' At The Savoy

Riots in Harlem, 1943. Crowds in front of shattered store windows.

People Rioting in the Street

Crowd gathers in the street to watch the beginning of a riot in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York, New York, 1943.

Start Of A Harlem Riot

New York, NY: Harlem riots- arrests of looters.

Policemen Arresting Looters after Riot

Nathaniel A. Burrell, of the Juvenile Welfare Council, with children in 'The Toyery, ' the first such establishment in the Harlem neighbourhood of...

The Toyery, Harlem, NYC

Children eat in a school canteen, in 1946, in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM

Children watch a singer and musicians performing in a street of Harlem, in 1946, in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM

New York, New York. A tenament house in Harlem. Artist Gordon Parks.

A Tenament House In Harlem

New York, New York. Scene in Harlem area. Artist Gordon Parks.

Scene In Harlem Area

Dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, 1947.

Photograph of two men standing talking on pavement in Harlem, New York, as women push prams behind them and traffic passes circa 1943. .

Street Scene in Harlem

Crowd of people, probably a line, is kept in order by policemen after three were killed and forty injured in a stampede to board an oversold...

Three Women Trampled To Death...

Police officers lead off a looter from a storefront following a night of rioting in Harlem. The riot was started by a white police officer shooting...

Police Officers Capturing Looter

Schoolchildren of PS24, each holding a package with their contributions for the Victory Clothing Collection, at the school in the Harlem...

Victory Clothing Collection, 1946

African-American lawyer and communist who was elected in 1943 to the city council of New York City, representing Harlem, Ben J. Davis Jr. Smiles...

Ben J. Davis Jr. Communist City Councilman

African American schoolchildren attend a lesson in 1946 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM

African American people dance in a night club of Harlem, at the end of the 40's in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM-NIGHT CLUB

African American people dance in a night club of Harlem, at the end of the 40's in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM-NIGHT CLUB

Americans performing the 'Lindy Hop' on the dancefloor at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, circa 1947.

Americans Doing the Lindy Hop

New York, New York. A Harlem apartment house. Artist Gordon Parks.

A Harlem Apartment House

New York, New York. A Harlem scene. Artist Gordon Parks.

Revellers at a swing dance night at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, 1947.

Savoy Ballroom Swing

New York, NY- Harlem turned out more than 200,000 strong today to honor Joe Louis. A colorful parade along Seventh Avenue featured marchers, cars...

Overhead Of Parade Passing Hotel Theresa

Smart young man joins in the dancing in Harlem, an area of New York.

Woman loses herself in the dance in Harlem, an area of New York.

She Feels The Beat

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