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New York Journal-American: An American Paper for the American People

Photographic Morgue

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The photographic morgue of the New York Journal-American is comprised, in part, of approximately two million prints compiled by Journal-American staff. This gallery provides access to a select group of images meant to represent broad areas of the collection. The gallery can be searched by keyword or it can be browsed by topic. This search engine is NOT case sensitive, and partial words are acceptable.

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"Koko" Takes A Break

"Koko" Takes A Break
1952-01-18
Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, 1950

A Lot of Marijuana

A Lot of Marijuana
1951-06-18
Dope -- Marijuana plants / weeds

A-Bomb Urban Survival Jacket

A-Bomb Urban Survival Jacket
1950-12-7
Atomic bomb -- What to do and safety kit in case of attack

Abortion Ring Arrests

Abortion Ring Arrests
1951-04-04
Abortion

Above the City's Roof Tops

Above the City's Roof Tops
1932-10-15
Cities Service Building

Aid for Victims

Aid for Victims
1942-11-30
Fires -- Coconut Grove, Boston, 1942

Aiding Victim

Aiding Victim
1957-02-06
Explosions -- Misc., 1955-1965 [2 folders]

Air Raid Precatuions Include Having Bandages Prepared for Pets

Air Raid Precatuions Include Having Bandages Prepared for Pets
1951-09-21
Air raid -- Precautions for Animals feature

Alcoholics Anonymous Group with Film Team

Alcoholics Anonymous Group with Film Team
1965-03-16
Alcohol -- A - Z

Army Ambulance Collides with School Bus

Army Ambulance Collides with School Bus
1949-09-14
Ambulances

Army Nurses Study War Techniques

Army Nurses Study War Techniques
1942-08-11
Draft -- Draftees page, stars & stripes

Artificial Heart Surgery

Artificial Heart Surgery
1966-04-22
Artificial heart & lung machine

Artist Rendering of Atomic Bomb Air Burst Explosion

Artist Rendering of Atomic Bomb Air Burst Explosion
1950-09-20
Atomic bomb -- What to do and safety kit in case of attack

Atomic Age Kiss?

Atomic Age Kiss?
1954-12-06
Atomic bomb -- Misc. [3 folders]

Awaiting the Ambulance

Awaiting the Ambulance
1959-01-17
Auto accidents -- 1959

Beatniks Protest Fire Department Actions

Beatniks Protest Fire Department Actions
1960-06-13
Beatniks

Beauty Contestant Collapses

Beauty Contestant Collapses
1954-07-19
Beauty contest -- 1950-1957

Beauty Exercise

Beauty Exercise
1942-04-07
Beauty -- Aids, treatments, misc.

Beginning the Drive

Beginning the Drive
1950-12-20
Dimes -- March of Dimes, -1951

Birthday Celebration

Birthday Celebration
1952-01-02
Dimes -- March of Dimes, 1952-1964

Bloom of A Nuclear Detonation

Bloom of A Nuclear Detonation
1953-11-05
Atomic bomb -- Tests -- 6th, Las Vegas, Nev., 21 Apr. 1953

Breaking In

Breaking In
1955-04-22
Dope -- Raids, 1955-1962

Cancer Fighter

Cancer Fighter
1961-07-19
Diseases -- Cancer

Candling Eggs

Candling Eggs
1944-10-24
Eggs

Cardinal Visit

Cardinal Visit
1964-12-12
Christmas -- A - Z & misc. [2 folders]

Check-Up for Camp

Check-Up for Camp
1952-06-26
Brownsville [Boy's Club]

Christmas Crowd

Christmas Crowd
1956-12-23
Christmas -- A - Z & misc. [2 folders]

Christmas Seal Participants

Christmas Seal Participants
1949-12-29
Christmas -- Seals

Cigarettes for Korea

Cigarettes for Korea
1951-04-20
Cigarettes and cigars

Class for Association for the Help of Retarded Teenagers

Class for Association for the Help of Retarded Teenagers
1964-05-03
Association for the Help of Retarded Children

Clean Air Balloons

Clean Air Balloons
1965-10-26
Clean-Up New York City Campaign -- Cleanliness

Collecting Specimens

Collecting Specimens
1954-09-26
Diseases -- Cancer

Completion of Draftee Physical

Completion of Draftee Physical
1950-07-14
Draft -- Examinations, 1950

Counting the Dimes

Counting the Dimes
1944-01-30
Dimes -- March of Dimes, -1951

Danger of Autos Passing on Curves

Danger of Autos Passing on Curves
1951-07-03
Auto -- Safety -- Seven Ways to Death feature, 3 July 1951

Dangers of Falling

Dangers of Falling
1951-12-08
Christmas -- Safety feature

Device for Studying Eye Movements

Device for Studying Eye Movements
1964-02-14
Anatomy -- Eyes

Doctor Attends Car Crash Victim

Doctor Attends Car Crash Victim
1962-09-21
Auto accidents -- 1962

Draftee Physical

Draftee Physical
1940-11-23
Draft -- Features, 1940

Drug Seizure

Drug Seizure
1959-11-10
Dope -- Raids, 1955-1962

Early Morning Raid

Early Morning Raid
1952-11-16
Dope -- Raids, -1954 [2 folders]

Early Warning

Early Warning

Cigarettes and cigars

Exploding Ammunition Ship

Exploding Ammunition Ship
1946-02-01
Atomic bomb -- Tests -- Frenchmen's Flats, Nev., 1951

Facial Exercises

Facial Exercises
1950-12-10
Beauty -- 3-day Good Housekeeping plan

Family Watching Atomic Blast Test

Family Watching Atomic Blast Test
1953-05-12
Atomic bomb -- Tests -- 6th, Las Vegas, Nev., 21 Apr. 1953

Fighting Gas Main Fire

Fighting Gas Main Fire
1964-12-11
Explosions -- Misc., 1955-1965 [2 folders]

Flames and Flakes in Broadway

Flames and Flakes in Broadway
1957-12-04
Explosions -- Misc., 1955-1965 [2 folders]

Getting an Eyeful

Getting an Eyeful
1965-03-29
Anatomy -- Bone bank feature, 1947

Girl and Pet Await Vet

Girl and Pet Await Vet
1962-02-01
Animals -- Misc.

Grim Task

Grim Task
1962-10-03
Explosions -- Telephone building, 213 St. & Broadway, 1962

Gymnastic Exercise

Gymnastic Exercise
1962-11-17
Exercises [2 folders]

H-Bomb Radiation and Blast Shelter

H-Bomb Radiation and Blast Shelter
1955-05-25
Hydrogen bomb -- Plants, workers, etc.

H-Bomb Shelter Lowered into Position

H-Bomb Shelter Lowered into Position
1955-05-25
Hydrogen bomb -- Plants, workers, etc.

Human Skull Collection

Human Skull Collection
1965-02-27
Anatomy -- Skull

Infant and Child Care Class

Infant and Child Care Class
1945-04-09
Community -- A - Z

Injured Survivor

Injured Survivor
1962-10-04
Explosions -- Telephone building, 213 St. & Broadway, 1962

Injury in Home Accidents

Injury in Home Accidents
1959-07-18
Accident prevention

Inspection of the New ER

Inspection of the New ER
1956-10-31
Coney Island -- Hospital

Isometric Exercise

Isometric Exercise
1962-06-23
Exercises [2 folders]

Keeping in Shape

Keeping in Shape
1955-08-06
Beauty contest -- Miss & Mrs. A - Z, 1955

Looking for the Jumper

Looking for the Jumper
1962-08-09
Crowds

Makeshift Morgue

Makeshift Morgue
1944-07-07
Circuses -- Fire, 1944

Makeshift Morgue

Makeshift Morgue
1963-11-1
Explosions -- Misc., 1955-1965 [2 folders]

March of Dimes Fashion Show

March of Dimes Fashion Show
1948-01-28
Dimes -- March of Dimes, -1951

Medical Checkup

Medical Checkup
1962-07-22
Diseases -- Cancer

Motorcade of American Veterans' Amputees

Motorcade of American Veterans' Amputees
1946-07-09
American Veterans Committee

Mr. Universe Blows Up A Hot Water Bottle

Mr. Universe Blows Up A Hot Water Bottle
1960-12-06
Beauty contest -- Miss & Mrs. A - Z, 1960-1961

Mystery Amnesia Victim

Mystery Amnesia Victim
1964-11-18
Amnesia victims

New Facial Treatment

New Facial Treatment
1960-12-02
Beauty -- Aids, treatments, misc.

New Veterinary Device

New Veterinary Device
1957-03-13
Dogs -- Hospitals

Overcome by Smoke

Overcome by Smoke
1957-09-18
Fires -- New York City -- -1961 [2 folders]

Overturned Ambulance

Overturned Ambulance
1958-05-14
Ambulances

Packing Synthetic Camphor

Packing Synthetic Camphor
1963-10-08
Du Pont De Nemours Co. see E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

Perfect Punch

Perfect Punch

Anatomy -- Misc.

Pet Puffer

Pet Puffer
1962-12-07
Birds

Photographic Rendering of Atomic Blast in New York City

Photographic Rendering of Atomic Blast in New York City
1951-11-15
Atomic bomb -- Misc. [3 folders]

Polio Vaccine

Polio Vaccine
1959-12-13
Fifties -- Frantic Fifties Consodine feature, 1959

Precautions Against Nuclear Attack

Precautions Against Nuclear Attack
1951-05-05
Atomic bomb -- Preparations feature, 1946

Presidential Seals

Presidential Seals
1941-11-18
Christmas -- Seals

Relief for Europe

Relief for Europe
1947-11-29
Clothes -- Misc.

Searching Suspects

Searching Suspects
1956-08-31
Dope -- Raids, 1955-1962

She Gave Her All

She Gave Her All
1945-02-06
Clothes -- Misc.

Smile Please

Smile Please
1949-05-07
Circuses -- Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey

Starting the Campaign

Starting the Campaign
1953-01-05
Dimes -- March of Dimes, 1952-1964

Students Drill for Possible Atomic Bomb Attack

Students Drill for Possible Atomic Bomb Attack
1950-12-07
Atomic bomb -- Attack precautions and shelters

Suspcets Nabbed in Dope Raid

Suspcets Nabbed in Dope Raid
1954-05-24
Dope -- Raids, -1954 [2 folders]

Teaching Future X-Ray Technicians

Teaching Future X-Ray Technicians
1953-05-23
Careers

The Climax -- That Perfect Evening

The Climax -- That Perfect Evening
1950-12-11
Beauty -- 3-day Good Housekeeping plan

The Ideal Silhouette

The Ideal Silhouette
1961-11-06
Beauty -- Series, Nov. 1961

Through the Keyhole to Beauty

Through the Keyhole to Beauty
1961-11-08
Beauty -- Series, Nov. 1961

Twenty Santas

Twenty Santas
1963-12-18
Christmas -- Party

Typhus Scare on NYC Buses

Typhus Scare on NYC Buses
1953-07-29
Bus -- Misc. [2 folders]

Victim of Tower Collapse

Victim of Tower Collapse
1960-05-31
Auto -- Racing -- Indianapolis Speedway

Visit of German Engineers

Visit of German Engineers
1962-08-01
ENA - ENZ

Visiting the Art Gallery

Visiting the Art Gallery
1950-12-08
Beauty -- 3-day Good Housekeeping plan

Wheelchair Basketball

Wheelchair Basketball
1967-04-03
Basketball -- 1962-1963, misc. [2 folders]