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11th Avenue & West 34th Street, Manhattan

28 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1927–1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1927; 1932; 1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1927–1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1927; 1932; 1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1927–1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1927; 1932; 1937

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1930–1931

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1930–1931

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932–1941

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932; 1941

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932–1941

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932; 1941

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1936

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 34th Street

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1941

    Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue, 1932

Photo 8 of 28 at 11th Avenue & West 34th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 34th Street - 11th Avenue

1932

(1) 34th Street, north side, west from Eleventh AVenue. April 22, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from a little further east, and showing also the railroad yards on the south side. February 7, 1932. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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