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2nd Avenue & 70th Street, Manhattan

12 historical photos taken here between 1921 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 71st Street - 2nd Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 71st Street - 2nd Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 71st Street - 2nd Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 71st Street - 2nd Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 71st Street - 2nd Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 71st Street - 2nd Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 71st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 71st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1925

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 71st Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 71st Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 71st Street, 1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 71st Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 70th Street

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 71st Street, 1936

Photo 6 of 12 at 2nd Avenue & 70th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 71st Street

1936

Second Ave., west side, north from (No. 1345), a point south of East 71st Street, showing a wooden "Indian" in the left foreground store window. It is a relic of many like it, that were used to adorn the entrances to cigar stores. December 28, 1936. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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