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11th Avenue & 33rd Street, Manhattan

13 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1927–1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1927; 1932

  • Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1927–1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1927; 1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1927–1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1927; 1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1930–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1930; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1930–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1930; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1930–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1930; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 33rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 33rd Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue, 1927–1931

Photo 1 of 13 at 11th Avenue & 33rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 33rd Street - 11th Avenue

1927; 1931

(1) 33rd Street, north side, between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues, showing the Employment Office and Freight Houses of the New York Central Railroad Company. May 17, 1927. P.L. Sperr. (2) The same four years later. April 22, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

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