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121st Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

9 historical photos taken here between 1919 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 121st Street - 2nd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 121st Street - 2nd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 121st Street - 2nd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 121st Street - 2nd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 121st Street - 2nd Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 121st Street - 2nd Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 121st Street (East), 1940

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 121st Street (East)

    1940

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 121st Street (East), 1940

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 121st Street (East)

    1940

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 121st Street (East), 1940

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 121st Street (East)

    1940

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Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue, 1934

Photo 6 of 9 at 121st Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 121st Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue

1934

(1) 506-518 East 121st Street, south side, between Pleasant Ave., and the Harlem River. No. 506 is a three-story frame house. 1932. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. (2) The same view, showing the frame house, No. 506 only. September 12, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

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