Times Square in 20th Century

Times Square, looking north from the Times Building, showing signs, billboards, pedestrians, automobiles advertisements, theaters, shops and offices. Signs of Admiral television appliances, Pepsi-Cola, Canadian Club imported whisky, Hotel Claridge (right, erected in 1910), Criterion the Big Sky, Roof Astor, Howard and Chevrolet. Photograph taken in August 1952 by Angelo Rizzuto (1906-1967). Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.