These Historical Photos Show New Yorkers Basking In The Springtime Sun

Spring in New York lasts approximately three hours, so you need to take advantage of it. We looked at past New Yorkers as they shed their winter jackets, peeled off their wool socks, and stopped to smell the roses.


People basking in the sun in Central Park
A woman in a floral hat outside a church and men in black
Two side-by-side images show a woman sunning herself leaning against a tree and a man in a cowboy hat in front of a building
Two children play with novelty oversize flowers outside on a warm day
Four older women talking to each other on a bench in front of a beach
A group of people roller-skate down an empty street in 1970
A young girl jumps off a structure and is photographed mid-air by the waterfront
A person wearing a shawl holds up a flower to their face in front of a crowd
A group of adults and children swinging
Two people sunning themselves in front of boats in New York
Two side-by-side images show a man sitting on the ground in a park, leaning back, with his face to the sun, and a group of people sitting on benches outside a tall skyscraper
A woman knits on a park bench while a man naps next to her
A group of children running down an NYC sidewalk
A woman in a fur coat waves to the camera, one arm holding a purse and the other hand a pair of sunglasses, outside an airport
A couple walking down the street on a sunny day
People watching a ball game outside
Three women in dressed on a bench in front of a mural depicting Poseidon
A man kneels down to pet two sheep in a crowd
People sitting outside in a park with ivy and a path running leading toward them
A woman sits and paints in a sketchbook near a bush and a plot of flowers
A woman wearing a foam Statue of Liberty novelty visor and a pearl necklace waves to the camera











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