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20th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan

7 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 20th St. E., 1929

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 20th St. E.

    1929

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 20th St. E., 1929

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 20th St. E.

    1929

  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 20th St. E., 1929

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 20th St. E.

    1929

  • Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue., 1938

    Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue.

    1938

  • Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue, 1942

    Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue., 1938

Photo 6 of 7 at 20th Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 20th Street - 1st Avenue.

1938

20th Street betw. Second and First Aves., Manhattan Federal Art Project "Changing New York" Berenice Abbott, photographer [Note: negative at Museum of the City of New York] Code I A-3 Oct. 26, 1938

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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