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5th Avenue & 37th Street, Manhattan

21 historical photos taken here between 1907 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue, 1907

    Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue

    1907

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1907

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1907

  • Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue, 1907

    Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue

    1907

  • Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue, 1907

    Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue

    1907

  • Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue, 1907

    Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue

    1907

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1908

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1908

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1908

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1908

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1910

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1910

  • No. 392-No. 394 - Singer Sewing Machines - Landay Bros., talking machines - Brick Presbyterian church - No. 414 Franklin Simon & Co], 1911

    No. 392-No. 394 - Singer Sewing Machines - Landay Bros., talking machines - Brick Presbyterian church - No. 414 Franklin Simon & Co]

    1911

  • No. 391 C.G.Gunther & sons, Furriers - Tiffany & Co. jewellers - William Schaus, art dealer - East 38th St., 1911

    No. 391 C.G.Gunther & sons, Furriers - Tiffany & Co. jewellers - William Schaus, art dealer - East 38th St.

    1911

  • World War Commission. British and French. May 1917. Fifth Avenue, Looking South from 37th Street, 1917-05

    World War Commission. British and French. May 1917. Fifth Avenue, Looking South from 37th Street

    1917-05

  • Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue, 1919

    Manhattan: 37th Street - 5th Avenue

    1919

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

    1937

  • Fifth Avenue - 37th Street, northwest corner -

    Fifth Avenue - 37th Street, northwest corner -

    Unknown

  • West 37th Street - Fifth Avenue (Northwest Corner)

    West 37th Street - Fifth Avenue (Northwest Corner)

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - West 37th Street

    Fifth Avenue - West 37th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street, 1937

Photo 17 of 21 at 5th Avenue & 37th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 37th Street

1937

West side of Fifth Avenue facing north from 37th Street, showing repair work on Brick Presbyterian Church, at N.W. corner of 37th Street; taken from N.E. corner of 36th Street. February 4, 1929. P.L. Sperr, Photographer.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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