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newyorkthegoldenage · 2 years ago

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Gladys Bentley at the Ubangi Club in Harlem, early 1930s.

Gladys Bentley (1907-1960) joined the Harlem Renaissance jazz scene at age 16 and became an instant sensation and gender identity pioneer. She performed piano and vocals at the most popular gay bars, wearing men’s clothing, and openly flirted with women in the audience. She headlined in the early 1930s at Harlem's Ubangi Club, where she was backed up by a chorus line of drag queens. She dressed in men's clothes (including her signature: tuxedo and top hat), played piano, and sang her own raunchy lyrics to popular tunes of the day in a deep, growling voice.

Photo: Sterling Paige via Artblart

#New York #NYC #vintage New York #1930s #Sterling Paige #Gladys Bentley #lesbians #LGBTQ+#queer #Ubangi Club #Harlem #vintage Harlem #old NY

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robert-carmona · 2 years ago

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3000 men who build the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City pose for a photo near the end of constructional work on August of 1964.

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jackspanto · 5 months ago

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Interborough Subway.Today's 4, 5 and 6 line.

#old NY #vintage subway signage #favorite #backhome

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scurvyboy · 1 month ago

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happy fiddleford friday, FORGET EVERYTHING

#where are ny fiddleford x raccoon wofe truthers?????#gravity falls #fiddleford mcgucket #fiddleford hadron mcgucket #old man mcgucket #myart #he's so cool

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anniebass · 4 months ago

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high spice tolerance, my ass

(old man smut)

#storytime: I've been sitting on these drawings for months bc I wanted to write the interview and post them with it #but oh lordt it's an endeavor and a half bc the questions they ask on that progrum are incredibly unique and precise #I'd have to think up a lot of lore #and research a ton of stuff for the replies #and also I'd have to think up AU sean hotones but that's easy I'd just give him a full head of hair #I have ONE question and answer written down and maybe one day will write more who knows #he's one of the bitches to bring in a friend (emotional support husband & bestie stepkid who squats in his NY place anyway)#eddie munson #steddie #stranger things #act verse #old steddies #man's 90% eyeball 10% scribble tattoos

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newyorkthegoldenage · 2 years ago

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Some clippings from his Gatsby and Beautiful and Damned (New York) period, early and mid-1920s.

random collected favorites from the scrapbooks of F. Scott Fitzgerald (part 11)

#f. scott fitzgerald #New York #vintage New York #1920s #The Great Gatsby #The Beautiful and Damned #Jazz Age #flappers #old NY #nyc

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blednokrov · 10 months ago

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hello 2024

#one piece #art #monkey d. luffy #vinsmoke sanji #i got a new laptop for NY and for now even drawing in good old sai feels unfamiliar

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kyonshi-8610 · 5 months ago

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOSHIROOOOO 🙏🗣️🎂‼️ (6/13)

(additional incoherent doodles under cut)

#dungeon meshi fanart #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #laios touden #toshiro nakamoto #nakamoto toshiro #kabru #kabru of utaya #got artblock in the middle of this and had to listen to rap whilw drawing to get myself to finish it #i think marcille is there sorta begrudgingly. like sure its this guys bday i'll postpone my one-sided rivalry w him just for today #love that one trigger artist that drew toshiro n marcille playing w a walking mushroom plushie machine. shoutout to friendships forever #that cake was HAUNTING me in my sleep i deadass couldn't sleep til 4 am and had to finish it while commuting in the early morning #chilchuck tims #chilchuck #every old person has used old lunar ny cards for bdays. and honestly i respect the saving on cash grind #okonomiyaki trio

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earthangeal · 3 months ago

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A mural of a forest in the South Bronx, New York. Captured by Thomas Hoepker, 1983

Mural Art by Alan Sonfist, 1978. The building still exists, however the mural is no longer there

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newyorkthegoldenage · 2 years ago

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Outside of our time period, but fascinating.

Statue of Liberty 1875

#statue of liberty #new york #nyc #vintage new york #old ny

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stsebastiens · 5 months ago

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carmy needs to get his shit wrecked properly this season. you don’t get to project ur weird perfection complex onto ur business partners & coworkers and then go “isn’t this what you wanted?” like ok 🤨 get fridged again idiot

#you die young or live long enough to see yourself become your old boss from that NY restaurant #the bear #ely.txt #I am a hater. but also a lover. I don’t hate carmy he’s just soooo frustrating to watch (<- which i ENJOY.)

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newyorkthegoldenage · 2 years ago

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For years, May 1 was celebrated as International Workers' Day, also known as Labor Day in some countries, and often referred to as May Day. Here, in 1929, these five South Carolinan textile strike leaders marched in the Communist May Day Parade at Union Square. They carried signs, some of which pleaded for help, and others read, "Everyone on the picket line! Defy the Injunction!" May Day in New York passed quietly.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

#vintage New York #old NY #1920s #1 May #May 1 #May Day #workers #labor #unions #strikes #collective bargaining #parade #Communism #Union Square

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foolsocracy · 4 months ago

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