Sunday, October 23, 2022

Noirsville Noir Images of the Week

Father & Son Times Square - Louis Faurer

Hell Gate Bridge and Ditmars Station - Astoria, NY bottom - Unknown 



    3rd Ave. el 


Los Angeles - Unknown


Times Square - Umbrella Lady - Louis Faurer


Broadway between 34th & 35th Street. To the right of the liquor store would have been Dino’s Pizzeria, The Italian Bakery & Dave’s Shoes. Astoria, NY - Unknown




2nd & 3rd Ave el  - evening express to South Ferry


A Dime a Dance Joint - Louis Faurer



Skee Ball - Some Playland on Times Square?



Paris - Unknown




Louis Faurer



Hell Gate Bridge approach - Wards Island - NYC



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Pacific Electric Station - Unknown




The West Village - Louis Faurer



Pacific Electric Station - Unknowm
Manhattan Vignette - Unknown



Harlem River Bridge - 3rd Ave el



Barbara Nichols



Chinatown, Los Angeles - Unknown


3rd Ave el - Train on express track ramps up to platforms that span local tracks at express stop stations. 


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3rd Ave el - Train on express track ramps up to platforms that span local tracks at express stop stations. (see still from The Phantom Lady below)


Party Girls 1950s - Unknown




Ella Raines in The Phantom Lady (1944) - This still was sort of a head scratcher until I found out that the 3rd Ave el had a raised single track express platforms. The express trains ran downtown in the AM and uptown in the PM. PS this is an in studio matte painting BTW, they could have gone to NYC and still shot an actual express stop, the 3rd Ave el wasn't demolished  until 1955.


Party Girl - somebody may be getting lucky - How Noir of her - Unknown


Third Ave el - Unknown


Elizabeth Taylor - publicity still (Giant)


3rd Ave el train - Unknown


A rose tattoo, daring for 1950s, how noir of her?  - Unknown 



3rd Ave el - Fulton Street Station? - Unknown


Jean Peters in still from Pickup on South Street (1953)


South Ferry Terminal 2nd & 3rd Ave el tracks on lt. short platforms for already demolished 6th & 9th Ave els on rt. 


Marilyn Monroe - Unknown


South Ferry Station Platform - Unknown


Ida Lupino - Road House (1948)



Northern Blvd. survey crew 1929



3rd Ave el - Unknown

Ready to party - How Noir of them?

Cleo Moore in Over Exposed (1956)




    Cat Fight 1950s - Unknown


3rd Ave el at Wall Street

 

Gloria Pall 1950's model - Unknown



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IND Train - Unknown




Gloria Pall 1950's model - Unknown

Under the el - Andreus Feininger


Party Girl? Hot Date? Somebody is going to get lucky - Unknown



A fire in the city - Unknown



Party Girl? Hot Date? Somebody is going to get lucky - Unknown


Party Girls in a rag top Times Square - Louis Faurer


Bettie Page - Camera Club Shoot? - Unknown



Backstage - Unknown



1950s Cheesecake - Unknown



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Bettie Page - Studio Shoot?


Stripper - Bernot


Tar Beach - Williamsburg Brooklyn - Unknown 



Blaze Starr - Unknown



Showing everything she's got - How Noir of her? - Unknown


Bad Boy - Unknown


Possibly the remnant of the 2nd Ave el at the junction where it left Chatham Street Station - Unknown


Louis Faurer - Queensborough Bridge



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