Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (777-780)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (777-780) This photo is a neat street scene that I believe features 42nd Street. On the left you can see a theater marquee with listings for Monkey On My Back and A Face in the Crowd which would date this photo in 1957 even without the date on the slide itself.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (773-776)

The second photo is a street photo featuring several businesses including Gypsy Tea Kettle, Gaslight Cafe, Schrafft's, a couple of hotels, and more. You can see the address "104 West 49th St." on a building in the background. Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (773-776)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (769-772) | PeakD

According to handwritten dates, these were taken in June 1957 and all were taken in New York City. This photo was taken in Rockefeller Center. Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (769-772)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (765-768)

This photo features the entrance to 30 Rockefeller Center which today is the Comcast Building (formerly GE and RCA). It features a frieze of Wisdom above the entrance. Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (765-768)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (761-764)

This photo, taken in 1957, features 30 Rockefeller Plaza. This is a 70 story building that is now the Comcast Building but was formerly the RCA Building and GE Building. This building was completed in 1933. Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (761-764)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (757-760)

All of the photos in this set were taken in one of the UN buildings in New York City in 1957. Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (757-760)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (753-756)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (753-756): This photo was taken in the United Nations building gardens. You can see the Queensboro Bridge in the background as well as the "Peace Monument".

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (749-752)

This photo features the Tudor City Apartments as seen from the vicinity of the U.N. building. Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (749-752)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (745-748)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (745-748): This photo features the interior of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (741-744)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (741-744): All of the photos in this set were taken in New York City in 1957. The first photo shows an neat piece of history as it shows the marquee at the Mark Hellinger Theatre for the original Broadway run of My Fair Lady with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (737-740)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (737-740): Accorindg to handwritten dates, these were taken in June 1957, however, based on the contents of some previous slides, they may have actually been taken in July. All of the photos in this set feature scenes in Central Park.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (733-736)

A view of Central Park in 1957. Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (733-736)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (729-732)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (729-732): he photos in this set all feature the Mayflower II. This is a replica of the original Mayflower that was built in England in 1956-1957 based on reconstructed blueprints held by the Plimoth Patuxet Museum. It was sailed from England to Plymouth, MA arriving on June 22, 1957. It was then towed up the East River to New York City on July 1st, 1957.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (725-728)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (725-728): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides and were all taken in the New York City area.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (721-724)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (721-724): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides and were all taken in the New York City area.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (717-720)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (717-720) | PeakD: All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides. These seem to be a continuation of the last set and were taken from a ferry in the New York City area.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (713-716)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (713-716): This photo feature the New York City skyline as it appeared in 1957.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (709-712)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (709-712): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides. They were all taken in Virginia. These are a continuation from the last set and all appear to have been taken from the SS Northampton which was a ferry operating between Kiptopeke Beach and Little Creek, Virginia.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (705-708)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (705-708): This photo was taken aboard a ferry named the SS Northampton which at the time would have been operating between Cape Charles and Norfolk/Newport News, Virginia.

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (701-704)

Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (701-704): This photo features one of the Chesapeake Bay ferries that were commonly used before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was constructed. I assume the destination from this location is Kiptopeke Beach, Virginia (Kiptopeke State Park today).