I earlier posted some photography by my father who was an amateur shutterbug. I selected images that I thought would be of greatest interest, and they generated enough curiosity that there have been some requests for more. A lot of the rolls of negatives which I scanned were simply not print-worthy, but a few other images, although very mundane, are perhaps deserving of wider exposure, if only for candid glimpses of every day life in the Big Apple in the middle of the 20th Century.

Street scene shot through a window, looking west from 1391 Madison Avenue.

The custodian seen in my previous post poses for a portrait.

Laundry day: Wind and Solar power.

Another view up 5th Avenue

New York Hospital from the East River

Rockefeller Center

In front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Two elegant ladies on a stoop

Ferris wheel at a street carnival

Garden sculpture exhibit

Garden sculpture exhibit

Garden sculpture exhibit

Garden sculpture exhibit

School, possibly part of Hunter College

Shy girl

Sculpture, possibly something my father may have done.

Performance at the New York City Library

City Library Lion

Passers-by and pigeons

Glamor on a stoop

Street scene

Street Scene

Garbage men clean up the city

A back alley with fire escape

The last set of photos were taken inside a camera shop. I suspect dad was just practicing with his camera; I don’t think he knew any of these people, but the faces from the ’50s seen here are full of character. I might clean some of these up a bit if I ever find the time.

The Old Wolf has spoken.