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19th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan

6 historical photos taken here between 1928 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 19th Street - 1st Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 19th Street - 1st Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 19th Street - 1st Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 19th Street - 1st Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 19th Street (East) - 1st Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 19th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

    1937

  • 19th Street (East) #513-39, 1938

    19th Street (East) #513-39

    1938

  • Manhattan: 19th Street - 1st Avenue, 1942

    Manhattan: 19th Street - 1st Avenue

    1942

  • Manhattan: 19th Street - 1st Avenue, 1942

    Manhattan: 19th Street - 1st Avenue

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 19th Street (East) - 1st Avenue, 1937

Photo 3 of 6 at 19th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 19th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

1937

402 and 404-8 East 19th Street, adjoining and east of the S.E. corner of First Ave., showing Christus Kirche (Christ Church), a German Lutheran organization in what was a German locality prior to the early 1900's. December 3, 1937. George D. Chinn.

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