Above Fifth Avenue guide-times-fans carrying mail and possibly setting

carrying mail and possibly setting a record for longest nonstop flight between those two cities

During the storm

Philadelphia and surrounding towns visited the zeppelin at its Lakehurst hangar later in the day

Ronald Reagan

Above Fifth Avenue guide-times-fans carrying mail and possibly settingPhotographers went to great lengths, and heights, to snap photographs of skyscrapers under construction in New York City. In this 1905 photo, a daring photographer appears to almost float in midair, 18 stories above Fifth Avenue, looking north. Look closely and you'll notice a thin iron bar supports him, though we're guessing that provided little comfort knowing terra firma was a long, long way down.