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1st Ave & 28th St. E, Manhattan

7 historical photos taken here between 1930 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 28th Street (East) - 1st Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 28th Street (East) - 1st Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 28th St. E., 1930

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 28th St. E.

    1930

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [The morgue.], 1937

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [The morgue.]

    1937

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [The morgue (South).], 1937

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [The morgue (South).]

    1937

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old hospital building.], 1938

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old hospital building.]

    1938

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old hospital building.], 1938

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old hospital building.]

    1938

  • Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old hospital building.], 1938

    Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old hospital building.]

    1938

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Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old hospital building.], 1938

Photo 5 of 7 at 1st Ave & 28th St. E, Manhattan

Hospitals - Bellevue Hospital - [Old hospital building.]

1938

Bellevue Hospital: A set of three showing a southerly view of the old Hospital building demolitions which are on the easterly side of First Ave; the photographer standing at East 29th and later 28th Streets. Shown across the tops of same are the upper portions of the new Administration and the Out Patient Buildings. May 8, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

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