In the photo below, Fifth Avenue under snow, in 1905.
Children with sleds in Central Park, 1905.
Times Square in 1947.
Cars covered in snow, in 1917.
Fifth Avenue in 1926.
“Storm Played No Favorites with Men or Beasts,” an editor wrote in 1914 as part of a winter-misery photo spread titled “New Yorkers Playthings in the Blizzard’s Grip.”
February 4, 1936.
23rd Street and Flatiron Building, circa 1905.
Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. Wood share a steamy kiss on a snowy park bench outside New York City's Municipal Building, 1947.
A family heads down Park Avenue via dog sled during the winter, 1947.
A mother tries to shield her baby in Central Park, 1964.
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1983.
Orchard Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, 1926.
He just got tired of shoveling snow.
Third Avenue.
Times Square, 1936.
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These pics of what was then known as Constantinople were produced in the 19th century using the Photochrom process, in which a painter would follow the photographer’s notes and accurately reproduce the colors.
First Sergeant John R. Morton was caught in a German ambush on Aug. 1, 1944 in Pontorson, France.
After using his own ammo, he took a Thompson submachine gun from a dead soldier and continued the attack, killing 26 enemies.
John died in 1996 at the age of 77.
First Sergeant John R. Morton's Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Sergeant John R. Morton.... /1
... United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company A, 231st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 6th Armored Division, in action against an armed enemy in the vicinity of Pontroson, France... /2