Charles Weever Cushman (1896 – 1972) was in New York City in July 1941 and September 1942. A keen amateur photographer and Indiana University alumnus, Cushman took approximately 14,500 Kodachrome colour slides from 1938 to 1969, during which time he extensively documented the United States as well as other countries. He took meticulous notes about each and every photograph, filling dozens of notebooks with details as he witnessed the world changing around him. Charles Cushman’s work is kept at the Indiana University Libraries.
Residents of lower Clinton St near East river Saturday afternoon 1941
Street in New York’s Chinatown 1942
Old lady reads Sunday paper. Lower East Side N.Y.C. 1942
Lower Manhattan 1942
Chinese store windows New York 1942
Portable soft drink stand at Bowling Green 1942
Crowd gathers during Salvage collection in lower East Side. 1942
Collecting the salvage on lower East Side. 1942
Hot Sweet Potatoes, 1942
Lower East Side, 1942
McSorley’s Old Ale House. E. 7th St. 1942
In N.Y.’s Chinatown 1942
Stores near corner of Broome St. and Baruch Place, Lower East Side. New York City
At City Hall Square New York City
Lower East Side Corner Broome St. Baruch Pl. Saturday afternoon
Lower Manhattan from Jersey City ferry boat 1941
Statue of Liberty from the Battery New York harbor
On New York’s lower East Side
Approaching Liberty St. ferry, New York City
Skyscrapers Looking toward financial District from an East River pier. New York City
New York City Lower East Side Flat bldgs. Clinton St. 1941
Via Indiana University Archives.
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