A New York Minute: Random Images from New York City circa 1971

As promised a while back, I finally managed to gather together all my miscellaneous 1971 New York City/related clippings from various books, magazines, etc. Images are credited to original sources where available.

New York City - 1971


Boy Scouts in NYC (Source N/A)


The Boy Scouts made a determined effort to attract urban youths of the 1970's, like Hector Melendez of New York City.
(Image: John Shearer-Life Magazine)


On June 30, 1971, pressmen from the New York Times applaud upon learning that the Supreme Court will permit the Times to resume publication of the Pentagon Papers.
(Source N/A)


Sir Lord Baltimore Live at Carnegie Hall Ad
(Rolling Stone Magazine - 05/13/71)


(Rolling Stone Magazine - 04/01/71)


Spider Man -vs- the Dope Fiend!
(Rolling Stone Magazine - 04/01/71)


Bo Diddley cooks backstage at New York's Madison Square Garden, June 1971.
(Rolling Stone Magazine)


Patrolman William Phillips of New York City testified before the Knapp Commission in October. He said that every plainclothes policeman in New York City was involved in graft.
(Wide World)



(Rolling Stone Magazine - 05/27/71)






(3 from the Allman Brothers at Fillmore East, NYC - 1971)
(Rolling Stone Magazine clippings)


Prisoners stand with fists held high at Attica Correctional Facility in New York where 1,200 inmates took over part of the state penetentiary for four days in September. An armed force rushed the prison to put down the rebellion, and 42 people were either killed outright or died later from wounds.
(Wide World)


On the second day of the Attica revolt, Inmates confront Russell G. Oswald, state commisioner of corrections.
(Wide World)


NYC - 1971
(Wide World)


Former Beatle George Harrison (center) organized a benefit concert in New York City for East Pakastani (Bangla Desh) refugees at the request of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. Among the many rock stars who performed were Ringo Starr (left) and Bob Dylan (right).
(Frank Leonardo from Keystone)


An editor of the New York Times reads excerpts from the Pentagon Papers after the US Supreme Court allowed the Times to continue publication of the documents.
(Wide World)


A clay headdress bearing the figure of a man is part of the newest permanent exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City: a collection of artifacts from New Hebrides and New Caledonia.
(Authenticated News International)


After receiving free medical examinations from temporary "miniclinics" in New York City's Harlem, children line up for doughnuts distributed by the Red Cross. The neighborhood medical testing was organized by Dr. Benjamin Watkins, honorary Mayor of Harlem. Special attention was given to detecting cases of sickle-cell anemia and lead poisoning.
(New York Times)


A young voter fills out a card to indicate her political party preference at the 18-year-old Voter's Fair sponsored by the New York Democratic Committee in New York's Central Park.
(Russel Reif from Pictorial Parade)


Marchesr for Womens Liberation proceeded down Fifth Avenue in New York City in August. One picket sign calls for the first U.S. woman president.
(Peter Gould)


Striking drawbridge operators in New York City closed off the bridges and then left their posts, causing massive traffic jams. The operators asked for an improved pension plan.
(New York Times)


More than 1,000 New York City welfare families were placed in hotels, whose operators sometimes collected high rents for dirty, rundown and unsafe facilities.
(New York Times)


(Jan Lucas from Rapho Guillumette)


Viva los Squatters
(Allen Green from Nancy Palmer Agency)


Neighborhood recycling projects, like this one in New York City, collect garbage to sell to companies that have recycling programs.
(Russell Reif from Pictorial Parade)


Avoiding frustrating traffic and subways, New Yorkers took to the motorcycle, praising its speed, comfort, economy and convenience.
(New York Times)


A New York City supermarket manager explains the system of unit pricing used by his store. A New York City ordinance made unit pricing mandatory. Middle income shoppers made the greatest use of the system, which helps shoppers determine the relative values of different sized packages of the same product.
(New York Times)


A number of young people have gone into business making handcrafted products especially those with appeal to the youthful market. Denise Rinas and Barry Kleinman make leather purses in their New York City workshop. They call their company Minimal Leather. In their first quarter of operation they grossed about $10,000.
(Russell Reif from Pictorial Parade)


By order of the Police Department's hack bureau, all new York City taxis now have nonremovable bulletproof partitions, armored backs for front seats, and locked cashboxes.
(New York Times)


Eric Hamburger leads a group of five and six year olds in an exercise of the imagination. He and two friends work with children at Municipal, church and private day-care centers and camps in New York. The teachers make use of the principals of dramatic improvisation.
(New York Times)


Feeling that the Manhattan-tro-Queens subway tunnel project is a safety hazard for children and an environmental menace, demonstrators wrote protest slogans on fences bordering the construction site. The subway will go through the southern parts of New York City's Central Park.
(New York Times)


The Dead @ Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY
(Rolling Stone Magazine - 08/23/07)


John Kerry and John Lennon at a Peace Rally in New York Central Park, 1971.
(Rolling Stone Magazine - Issue N/A)



The Band @ The Academy of Music, NYC, NY - 12/31/71
(Rolling Stone Magazine - 10/12/72)







-end 1971


*Coming soon: Random Images from New York City 1972