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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 19 Mar 2017

    Times Square 1944, in color photograph by Andreas Feininger:pic.twitter.com/Id5pwFyw1o

    12:37 PM - 19 Mar 2017
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    • Ed Page map 🇮🇪 Ben Dursch Dial 7 Car Service eagle leipzig Sonya Khaled Albader jessie Lisa LoPiccolo 🗽🇺🇸🌎✌
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      1. Paul Alleeson‏ @oldglstuf 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        First thought: Gosh, history comes alive! Second thought: Gosh, people sure dress like slobs today!

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      1. Howard Friedman‏ @howardsfriedman 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        As a native NYer, I can never really understand the decades-long international appeal of Times Square

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      2. Donald Fenn‏ @augustfenn 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @Clancy_1 Same view today 7th and We 47th 201 W 47th Sthttps://goo.gl/maps/DMRaLugPUvP2 …

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      3. Donald Fenn‏ @augustfenn 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @augustfenn @BeschlossDC @Clancy_1

        The only building recognizable is Paramount building w clock and large ball on top. 1501 Broadway.

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      1. Tom Shales‏ @RealTomShales 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Would 1954 look much different ? Perhaps a pointless question, but I do think of 1944-1963 as one cohesive decade. And then--

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      1. New York Rebel‏ @NYRebelLV 20 Mar 2017
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        my grandmother was there - 16 years old at the time! Thanks for sharing - please tweet more if you have them.

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      1. ClitCuttingCult‏ @CultClitCutting 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Whatever happened to these beautiful times? What was introduced 2 upset the good peoples lives? Scratches head & listens to NWA

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      1. gamernorcal‏ @gamernorcal 19 Mar 2017
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        during WW2. But seems normal. Guess people got use to the war by then.

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      1. AC010202‏ @drgonzo777 19 Mar 2017
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        ties were a dollar?

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      1. dfsp64‏ @dfsp64 19 Mar 2017
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        @NYCMayor 's worst nightmare.

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      1. Sappho Faires‏ @SFinEville 19 Mar 2017
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        Interesting, no crosswalks. Or lane markings either?

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      1. rrlse‏ @priusport 19 Mar 2017
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        Ties, $1.

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      1. OgtheDim‏ @OgtheDim 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Unusual to see war time picture with a nobody in military uniform & specifically with the 3 teens. Thanks.

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      1. A.House‏ @AHouse57293955 19 Mar 2017
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        Thanks for pic , loved it

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      1. Pete Smillie‏ @mequantum 19 Mar 2017
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        Great red light composition. #somehowgreenwouldnthaveworked

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      1. MeredithMcIver‏ @MeredithMcFake 19 Mar 2017
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        love the "Youth on a Moral Binge" billboard!

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      1. peter alexis‏ @alexisbaseball 19 Mar 2017
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        love the air conditioner sign on the theater.

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