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41st Street & Dyer Avenue, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 41st Street - Dyer Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 41st Street - Dyer Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - Dyer Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 41st Street - Dyer Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 41st Street - Dyer Avenue, 1940

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Manhattan: 41st Street - Dyer Avenue

1940

West 41st Street, west from Dyer Avenue, the new thoroughfare that leads to the Lincoln Tunnel. This is between Ninth and Tenth Avenues. The photographer is viewing towards the latter and beyond which appears the spire atop St. Raphael's R. C. Church. View 2 is limited to the north side of the street, detailing the structures lying between Dyer and Tenth Avenues. September 4, 1940. Nos. 1-2 P. L. Sperr

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