1938

NYE in Times Square: was it EVER fun?

The vintage newsreel below, from the digital archives of British Pathe, shows window washers cleaning up the Empire State Building in 1938. The name of the gravity-defining reel? "Paneful Business."

Here's a look back at our food from 74 years ago—from massive lobsters at the Fulton Fish Market to live sheep on Pier 78 to the inside of the laboratory at the Health Department.

Travel back to New York City in 1938! From the Brooklyn Bridge to Columbia University.