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NY Loves Moms

You submitted, and we rounded up our faves! Here are some spectacular shots of moms in NYC throughout the years. Happy Mother's Day!

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Coney Island Boardwalk (General)

Coney Island Boardwalk (General)

Submitted by Regina Rose Malone
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8604 4 Avenue

8604 4 Avenue

My mom, Eleanor Hochman (née Bell, 1928-2018), with her mom, Sarah Bell (née Marlowe, 1895-1971), in front of what was then the Bell family's candy/news shop at 8604 Fourth Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Photo undated but likely 1934 +/- a year or two. Submitted by David Hochman
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Katz’s Delicatessen

Katz’s Delicatessen

My mother Rose Simson Katz 5/27/1914 to 9/6/1994. Photo taken ca. 1993-4 in front of our favorite restaurant, Katz's Deli (no relation). Submitted by Kitty Katz.
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Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty

Here’s my ma visiting South Street Seaport and Lower Manhattan for the first time, 1991. Submitted by Alan Archivala
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307 East 116th Street

307 East 116th Street

Here is a photo of my mother East Harlem Community activist Rose Pascale with children at the LaGuardia Memorial House 307 East 116 Street, NY 10029. My mother passed away in 2009. Submitted by LuLu LoLo
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Lower Hudson River

Lower Hudson River

This is a photo of my mom Greta Lynn Sackler nee Lungren. It’s 1952 0r 1953 (I think) and she’s on a ship in the Hudson River having just boarded in NYC for her first trip to Europe. Submitted by Molly Sackler
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84 Allen Street

84 Allen Street

Me and my paternal grandmother Anna Bellel facing 84 Allen Street in 1951. Submitted by David Bellel
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East 13th Street and Avenue K

East 13th Street and Avenue K

Photograph of my mother Arlene Drake, with my father Stanley, on East 13th Street between Avenue K and Avenue J in Midwood, Brooklyn outside my grandmother's apartment building. Submitted by Bruce Drake
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Van Cortlandt Park

Van Cortlandt Park

My mother, Gloria Stromberg, Van Cordlandt Park, 1945. Being courted by my father, she says. Submitted by Claudia Keenan
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The Normandy

The Normandy

Me and my mom on the circle line, with my great grandfather’s designed building the Normandy in the background. Circa maybe 1960 Submitted by Robyn Roth-Moise
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Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge, 1991. La Perla de Donosti llega a Nueva York! Submitted by Natalia Oliveri
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