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48th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

25 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1910

    Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1910

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue, 1918

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    1918

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1927–1928

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1927–1928

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street, 1929–1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street

    1929; 1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street, 1929–1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street

    1929; 1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street, 1929–1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street

    1929; 1933

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - Northwest., 1933

    General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - Northwest.

    1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 8th Avenue

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street, 1935

Photo 22 of 25 at 48th Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 48th Street

1935

(1) Eighth Avenue, west side, north from and including 48th Street. June 21, 1935. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same. June 21, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

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