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11th Avenue & West 23rd Street, Manhattan

22 historical photos taken here between 1911 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1911–1931

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1911; 1931

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1911–1931

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1911; 1931

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1911–1931

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1911; 1931

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1929–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1929; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1929–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1929; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1929–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1929; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1929–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1929; 1936

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street - 11th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 23rd Street - 11th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1936

  • Transportation - Trolley., 1936

    Transportation - Trolley.

    1936

  • Transportation - Trolley., 1936

    Transportation - Trolley.

    1936

  • Transportation - Trolley., 1936

    Transportation - Trolley.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1937–1940

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1937; 1940

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1937–1940

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

    1937; 1940

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Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue, 1934–1936

Photo 13 of 22 at 11th Avenue & West 23rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 11th Avenue

1934; 1936

View 1, and 2. West 23rd Street, and Eleventh Avenue showing the Baltimore and Ohio Warehouse. December 26, 1936. View #3; West 23rd Street, across Ninth Avenue and showing El Station at Ninth Avenue. May 10, 1934 P.L. Sperr. View 2-Neg. No. A-897

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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