Photo of the Day 450

Subway Santa, Broadway, New York City, 1987

Photograph by Jodi Cobb

Though Macy's in New York City takes credit for inventing the department store Santa, most historians give the honor to a store owner in Massachusetts. Scottish immigrant James Edgar first impersonated Saint Nick in 1890 for customers at his dry goods shop in Brockton, south of Boston. Here, a crew of off-duty Santas makes its way down the steps of a subway station on Broadway in New York.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Broadway, Street of Dreams," September 1990, National Geographic magazine)

Photo of the Day 345

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, 2000

Photograph by Theo Westenberger

May 24, 2008, marked the 125th anniversary of the opening of New York's Brooklyn Bridge. The elegant structure slung over the East River took more than 13 years to build and was at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world. With its stocky towers and delicate webs of steel cables, the bridge is still regarded as an architectural marvel.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Manhattan: The New York That New Yorkers Love," November/December 2000, National Geographic Traveler magazine)