New York City: Chinatown, 4/27/31. The Hip Sing and On Leong Tongs opened their conventions. This is the first time that the rival Tongs have met in the same city at the same time. Here is the dragon performing in front of the Hip Sing headquarters on Pell Street as serious-visaged On Leongs watch in silence. -Acme

TITANIC: New York Times article showing Mayor Mitchel speaking at dedication of fountain erected at Straus Park 106th Street and West End Ave.), in memory of Isidor Straus and his wife, who lost there lives on the Titanic, Sunday, April 25, 1915

Crowds in Times Square await the results of the Presidential election. The New York Times Building announces an early lead for Dwight Eisenhower. New York City, November 4, 1952

New York City, Times Square, an aerial view of the NY Times building, and a Red Cross banner spanning Times Square, 7/16/1948. CSU Archives/Everett Collection.

World War II, original caption: 'Kiska, Aleutian Islands. Bombs dropping in train from a United States Army Air Force plane on a Jap objective. Our flyers in Alaska relentlessly pursue their assignment to blast the Japs from their Aleutian holdings. This is an unusually clear shot, for the area thereabouts is fog-bound a good deal of the time', circa 1942.

Golden Time (Roof Top) 1956 Joseph Jeffers Dodge (1917-1997 American) Oil on canvas The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida

Prague Astronomical Clock Old Town Square Prague Czech Republic Eastern Europe EU Prague Built in 1410 the Astronomical Clock on the Old Town Hall keeps perfect time

Italy Venice gondolas moored at Molo San Marco at dusk gondolas blurred with time exposure church of San Giorgio Maggiore in back ground

Sightseeing on the Atuona bay from the Jacques Brels mausolee where he decided to build his house but had no time to realize it Hiva Oa island Marquises islands

Time told by a cottage antique Grandfather Clock with moon indicating day of month and the hour and second hands telling the time England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles

It's Been A Long Time (Hace Mucho Tiempo) 1995 Alicia Carletti (20th C./Argentinean) Oil on canvas Zurbaran Galeria, Buenos Aires

New York City, Times Square, (aka Longacre Square, at this time), New York Theatre on left and Hotel Cadillac in left background, 1911.

SITTING BULL & BUFFALO BILL-After Sitting Bull was finally conquered, he traveled for a time with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Big Ben and the London Eye by the Houses of Parliament in Westminster London the capital city of England United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB Europe Taken on a summer day with blue sky and bright sunshine in day light time

The new TKTS ticket booth in Times Square is seen on Thursday, October 22, 2008. The booth, which is run by the Theatre Development Fund to provide half-price tickets to Broadway, off-Broadway and off off-Broadway plays and musicals, is set to opens today. Additional windows have been added and credit and debit cards will be accepted for the first time. (© Richard B. Levine)

Pearl Harbor anniversary in Times Square. Thousands of people gathered before the Liberty Statue war bond booth pay silent tribute to those who have died in the war since the Japanese attack, Broadway and 43rd Street, New York City, December 7, 1944

Prague Astronomical Clock Old Town Square Prague Czech Republic Eastern Europe EU Built in 1410 the Astronomical Clock on the Old Town Hall keeps perfect time