NYC's Grand Central Station Turns 100
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Trains are seen passing through Grand Central Station in New York City in 1909.
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The Grand Central Terminal in New York under construction in 1912.
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The main concourse of Grand Central Terminal is seen from the Campbell apartment in this 1937 photo. The posh apartment, located in one of America's grandest train stations, belonged to financier John Campbell.
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New York's Grand Central's main concourse is seen on Dec. 14, 1941, during the opening ceremonies of a government mural above the mezzanine level, dedicated to encourage Americans to buy savings bonds and stamps in support of the war.
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To open National Boys’ Club Week, members of eight New York Boys’ Clubs offered "Victory" shoe shines to every man and woman in uniform in the USO Lounge in Grand Central Station on April 6, 1943.
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A customer shops at the tobacco counter at the Liggett Drug Store located in Grand Central Station in New York City on March 13, 1946.
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This aerial view of the concourse of Grand Central Terminal shows families waiting in the ticket area with their children who are leaving for summer camp from New York City on June 30, 1955.
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All eyes are focused on the television screen in Grand Central Station in New York City on April 17, 1970, as the Apollo 13 astronauts land in the Pacific.
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Hundreds of commuters and vacation travelers heading home for the Thanksgiving holidays are forced to wait at New York's Grand Central Terminal after a signal box caught fire on Nov. 25, 1987.
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Brian Flood and his mother attend a candlelight vigil on Dec. 25, 1995, in New York, marking the 10-year anniversary of "Mama Doe," who died homeless on a bench in the city's famous Grand Central Terminal. The vigil is held every year to remember "Mama Doe" and others like her who have died of neglect.
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New York State Governor George Pataki and John F. Kennedy, Jr. unveil a plaque honoring Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for her efforts toward saving Grand Central Station in New York on Oct. 1, 1998.
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Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis spars with Jamal McCline during a workout on Oct. 31, 2000, at Grand Central Terminal in New York.
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Commuters chat outside Grand Central Station as they wait for way to get home after a power blackout in New York City on Aug. 14, 2003.
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Ashley Dunn bowls in the 2012 Teen Masters Bowling Championship in Grand Central Terminal on August 7 in New York City. The championship is the second time in history that Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall has hosted a bowling alley.
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A woman checks the board for her train's departure time after purchasing a railway ticket at Grand Central Terminal in New York on Jan. 9, 2013. The country's most famous train station and one of the finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture in America turns 100 years old on Feb. 1, 2013.
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