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1st Street & Avenue A, Manhattan

41 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Essex Street c. 1910., 1910

    Essex Street c. 1910.

    1910

  • Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Essex Street, 1920

    Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Essex Street

    1920

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Houston Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Houston Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Avenue A, 1929

    Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Avenue A

    1929

  • Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Avenue A, 1929

    Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Avenue A

    1929

  • Manhattan: Avenue A - Houston Street (East), 1929

    Manhattan: Avenue A - Houston Street (East)

    1929

  • Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Avenue A, 1929

    Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Avenue A

    1929

  • Social conditions - Unemployed [unemployment market.], 1930

    Social conditions - Unemployed [unemployment market.]

    1930

  • Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A, 1932

    Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A

    1932

  • Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A, 1932

    Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A

    1932

  • Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Avenue A, 1932

    Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Avenue A

    1932

  • Manhattan: Avenue A - Houston Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Avenue A - Houston Street

    1932

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Tools., 1933

    Occupations - Peddlers - Tools.

    1933

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshments - Sandwiches., 1933

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshments - Sandwiches.

    1933

  • Occupations - Peddlers ; Street life - Dry goods and clothing vendors., 1933

    Occupations - Peddlers ; Street life - Dry goods and clothing vendors.

    1933

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Clothing., 1933–1935

    Occupations - Peddlers - Clothing.

    1933; 1935

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Tools., 1933

    Occupations - Peddlers - Tools.

    1933

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Clothing., 1933–1935

    Occupations - Peddlers - Clothing.

    1933; 1935

  • Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Norfolk Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Norfolk Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Essex Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Essex Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A, 1934

    Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A

    1934

  • Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A, 1934

    Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A

    1934

  • Manhattan: Avenue A - 1st Street, 1934–1935

    Manhattan: Avenue A - 1st Street

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Avenue A - 1st Street, 1934–1935

    Manhattan: Avenue A - 1st Street

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Essex Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Essex Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A, 1935

    Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A

    1935

  • Manhattan: Avenue A - 1st Street, 1935

    Manhattan: Avenue A - 1st Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Norfolk Street - Houston Street (East), 1935

    Manhattan: Norfolk Street - Houston Street (East)

    1935

  • Manhattan: Norfolk Street - Houston Street (East), 1935

    Manhattan: Norfolk Street - Houston Street (East)

    1935

  • Manhattan: Norfolk Street - Houston Street (East), 1935

    Manhattan: Norfolk Street - Houston Street (East)

    1935

  • Manhattan: Avenue A - 1st Street

    1935

  • Street view; Steinberg & Dubin Monuments: E. Houston St.-Norfolk St., Manhattan

    1935

  • Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A

    1935

  • Manhattan: Houston Street (East) - Essex Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A

    1935

  • Manhattan: Avenue A - 1st Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Avenue A - 1st Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Houston Street (East)

    1935

  • Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A

    1935

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Houston Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: Houston Street - Essex Street

    1941

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Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A, 1932

Photo 9 of 41 at 1st Street & Avenue A, Manhattan

Manhattan: 1st Street - Avenue A

1932

(1) 1st Street, north side, between Avenue A and First Avenue, seen from the clearing at the S.E. corner of Houston and Ludlow Streets. The small structure is a new Synagogue and the spire in the background belongs to St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, on 2nd Street. The building in the right foreground is 222 East Houston Street. That and four more houses not shown in the picture are all that remains of a long triangular block between Houston and 1st Streets. The rest of the buildings have been demolished in constructing the new subway, as have the houses that stood on the clearing in the foreground. Neg: 2911 March 13, 1932 P.L. Sperr. (2) A closer and more restricted view of the same scene, seen from the S.W. corner of Ludlow and Houston Streets. The clearing is for a Brooklyn line of the city-owned Eighth Avenue subway. In No. 2 the tower with the cross is part of the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Redeemer at 161 East 3rd Street. February 23, 1932 P.L. Sperr.

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