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5th Avenue & 18th Street, Manhattan

18 historical photos taken here between 1883 and 1927, oldest first.

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  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Evacuation Day., 1883

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Evacuation Day.

    1883

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street, 1890

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street

    1890

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street (West), 1893

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street (West)

    1893

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street, 1894

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street

    1894

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1910-02-24

    Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1910-02-24

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street, 1910

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street

    1910

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1910-02-24

    Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1910-02-24

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1910-02-24

    Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1910-02-24

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1910-03-09

    Manhattan: 17th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1910-03-09

  • [East 16th Street] No. 79 Stern & Stern - Houghton Mifflin Co. - Marshall Field & Co. - Julius Strauss, laces, 1911

    [East 16th Street] No. 79 Stern & Stern - Houghton Mifflin Co. - Marshall Field & Co. - Julius Strauss, laces

    1911

  • No. 126 Johnson Cowdoin & Co. - No. 140 Hardman Piano Co.], 1911

    No. 126 Johnson Cowdoin & Co. - No. 140 Hardman Piano Co.]

    1911

  • No. 99 Cohen Bros. & Co. - Bamberg & Risser - Lord & Taylor, East 19th St.], 1911

    No. 99 Cohen Bros. & Co. - Bamberg & Risser - Lord & Taylor, East 19th St.]

    1911

  • Manhattan: 17th Street (East) - 5th Avenue, 1915

    Manhattan: 17th Street (East) - 5th Avenue

    1915

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 17th Street (West), 1920–1927

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 17th Street (West)

    1920; 1927

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 17th Street (West), 1920–1927

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 17th Street (West)

    1920; 1927

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 17th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 17th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 18th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 17th Street, 1927

Photo 16 of 18 at 5th Avenue & 18th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 17th Street

1927

Merchants Exchange Building, Fifth Avenue at S.W. corner of 17th Street. About 1927.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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