Transportation
New York Subway Platform Vending Machines, a History
From chewing gum to tampons.
Some phenomenal photos of the New York City subway system on New Year's Eve in 1966 have been making the Internet rounds this month. They come courtesy of photographer Danny Lyon, who spent that day riding the train with a Rolleiflex camera in hand. Eight of the images will grace the walls of the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station in Brooklyn for the next year, but the above shot in particular caught my eye.
Because forget how beautifully Lyon captures the pensive faces of subway riders for a moment. Is that a gum vendor attached to a platform column, just beside a "horoscope and weight" machine?