Old New York History

Average New Yorkers

• Coronet Magazine, 1941 •


“During my search for the typical New Yorker, I pounced upon a lot of innocent by-standers. The Italian waiter in the little neighborhood restaurant. A German chambermaid in a big hotel. A Hungarian playwright stranded in the Stork Club. A negro boxer in Stillman’s Gym. A Jewish delicatessen owner on the lower East Side. And twenty-nine Chinese laundrymen…The average New Yorker. They say he’s hardboiled. They say he doesn’t care what happens to the next guy…”


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Average New Yorkers

Average New Yorkers

Average New Yorkers

Average New Yorkers

Average New Yorkers

Average New Yorkers

Average New Yorkers

Average New Yorkers

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