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1st Ave & 22nd St, Manhattan

8 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 21st St., 1927

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 21st St.

    1927

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 22nd St., 1929

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 22nd St.

    1929

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 22nd St., 1929

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 22nd St.

    1929

  • Police Department - Outing., 1936

    Police Department - Outing.

    1936

  • Police Department - Outing., 1936

    Police Department - Outing.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 1st Avenue - 22nd Street, 1939

    Manhattan: 1st Avenue - 22nd Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 22nd St., 1942

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 22nd St.

    1942

  • Manhattan: 21st Street (West) - 1st Avenue, 1942

    Manhattan: 21st Street (West) - 1st Avenue

    1942

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Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 22nd St., 1929

Photo 3 of 8 at 1st Ave & 22nd St, Manhattan

Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 22nd St.

1929

First Avenue (across view from right to left and obscured by roof tops) north from E. 23rd Street (extreme right) showing a general view northeastward from a loft structure at the S.E. corner of Second Avenue and E. 22nd Street. Silhouetted against the Bellevue Hospital Buildings is the New York Life Insurance Co. printing plant building at the S.W. corner of First Avenue and E. 25th Street. The J.J. Little and Ives Co. printing plant and book bindery is on the north side of E. 24th Street east of First Avenue and near the East River. September 3, 1929. Views 1 and 2 P.L. Sperr

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