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13th Avenue & 24th Street, Manhattan

12 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1929–1936

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1929; 1936

  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1929–1936

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1929; 1936

  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1929–1936

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1929; 1936

  • North (Hudson) River - Pier 64., 1931

    North (Hudson) River - Pier 64.

    1931

  • North (Hudson) River - Pier 64., 1931

    North (Hudson) River - Pier 64.

    1931

  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1936

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

Photo 11 of 12 at 13th Avenue & 24th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 13th Avenue - 24th Street

1940

13th Avenue, at the S. E. corner of W. 24th Street. Note, the absence of the 2-story corner building in the latter view, and the darkening roadbed of the elevated West Side Highway overhead. March 3, 1929 March 17, 1929 August 24, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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