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5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Manhattan

229 historical photos taken here between 1855 and 1982, oldest first.

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  • General view - Manhattan - 42nd Street (South)., 1855

    General view - Manhattan - 42nd Street (South).

    1855

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1860

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1860

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1875

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1875

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1875

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1875

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1875

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1875

  • Fifth Avenue - 42nd Street, southwest corner, 1880-1890

    Fifth Avenue - 42nd Street, southwest corner

    1880-1890

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1880

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1880

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - U. S. Grant's Funeral., 1885; 1885-08

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - U. S. Grant's Funeral.

    1885; 1885-08

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1889

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1889

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1894

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1894

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue, 1896

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1896

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1898

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1898

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1899

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1899

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1900

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1900

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1900

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue, 1900

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1900

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1905

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1905

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1905

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1905

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue., 1905–1929

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue.

    1905; 1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1909

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1909

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1910

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1910

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street, 1911

    Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1911

  • Fifth Ave. W.S.-- 41st St., 1911–1979

    Fifth Ave. W.S.-- 41st St.

    1911; 1979

  • No. 471 Ufland Millinery & Co. - Frederic's pearl shop - No. 491 Wadley & Smythe, florists., 1911

    No. 471 Ufland Millinery & Co. - Frederic's pearl shop - No. 491 Wadley & Smythe, florists.

    1911

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1912

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1912

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 5th Avenue, 1913

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 5th Avenue

    1913

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Suffragette Parade., 1913

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Suffragette Parade.

    1913

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1914

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1914

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 5th Avenue, 1915

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 5th Avenue

    1915

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue., 1916

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue.

    1916

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1916-1922

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1916-1922

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue., 1916

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue.

    1916

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1916-1922

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1916-1922

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street, 1916

    Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1916

  • World War Commission. British and French. May 1917. Public Library, 1917-05

    World War Commission. British and French. May 1917. Public Library

    1917-05

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1918

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue, 1918

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1918

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1919

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - World War I - [Squadron "A" returns from the border.], 1919

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - World War I - [Squadron "A" returns from the border.]

    1919

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1920

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1920

  • 42nd Street (East) #3 - Fifth Avenue, north side, 1920

    42nd Street (East) #3 - Fifth Avenue, north side

    1920

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street, 1920–1929

    Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1920; 1929

  • 489 Fifth Avenue - (41st Street-42nd Street), 1920–1929

    489 Fifth Avenue - (41st Street-42nd Street)

    1920; 1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1910–1922

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1910; 1922

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1910–1922

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1910; 1922

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - Armistice Day., 1922

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - Armistice Day.

    1922

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue, 1923–1924

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1923; 1924

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue, 1923–1924

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1923; 1924

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1925

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street, 1925

    Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1925

  • Fifth Avenue - 41st Street, southeast corner, 1925-05-15

    Fifth Avenue - 41st Street, southeast corner

    1925-05-15

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - Fifth Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - Fifth Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue., 1928

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue.

    1928

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929; 1930

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929; 1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue.

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1930-1939

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue.

    1930-02-28

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - Between 5th and 6th Avenues.

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1930; 1937

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - Between 5th and 6th Avenues.

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • General view - [Lower East side of Manhattan - Williamsburg Bridge (North).]

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1930; 1939

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - Between 5th and 6th Avenues.

    1930

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1930; 1937

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • General view - [Lower East side of Manhattan - Williamsburg Bridge (North).]

    1930

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1930; 1939

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1930; 1937

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue - Southwest.

    1931-06-24

  • General View - Manhattan - Aerial view - 42nd Street - Fifth Avenue - looking west

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • General View - Manhattan - 42nd Street - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1931

  • General View - Manhattan - 42nd Street - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • General view - [Manhattan - 42nd Street (East) - 5th Avenue.]

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue - East.

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue - Southwest.

    1931

  • General View - Manhattan - 42nd Street - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • General View - Manhattan - 42nd Street - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue - Southwest.

    1931

  • General View - Manhattan - 42nd Street - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1933

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - N. R. A. [National Recovery Administration] Day.

    1933; 1933-09

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - N. R. A. [National Recovery Administration] Parade.

    1933; 1933-09

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - N. R. A. [National Recovery Administration] Day.

    1933; 1933-09

  • Street scenes - Miscellaneous.

    1933

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1935

  • Street scenes - Miscellaneous.

    1935

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1935

  • Street scenes - Miscellaneous.

    1935

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1936

  • General view - Midtown Manhattan (East).

    1936

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - [Between 42nd and 44th Streets]

    1936

  • General view - Midtown Manhattan (East).

    1936

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1936

  • Fifth Avenue - 42nd Street, northeast corner

    1936

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1937-11-11

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - American Legion Parade.

    1937

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1938

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1938-1939

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1938

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - [Between 41st and 42nd Streets]

    1939

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1940

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    1940; 1949

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1940

  • General view - Midtown Manhattan - 42nd Street (Northwest).

    1940

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1940

  • General view - Midtown Manhattan - 42nd Street (Northwest).

    1940

  • General view - Midtown Manhattan - 42nd Street (Northwest).

    1940

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1940

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    1940

  • 42nd Street (West) - Fifth Avenue - Sixth Avenue, south side

    1945-09-26

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    05-1-1946

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    1950

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    8/3/1967

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1968

  • Fifth Avenue - West 42nd Street

    8-3-1968

  • Fifth Avenue - 42nd Street looking south

    1982-10

  • Fifth Avenue - 42nd Street looking south

    1982-10

  • Fifth Avenue - 41st Street - 34th Street, west side

    1982-09

  • Fifth Avenue - 42nd Street, southwest corner

    Unknown

  • 42nd Street (West) - Fifth Avenue - Sixth Avenue, north side

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - 42nd Street looking north

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - 42nd Street, northwest corner

    Unknown

  • 24 East 42nd Street (Madison Avenue - Fifth Avenue)

    Unknown

  • 42nd Street (East) #3 - Fifth Avenue, north side

    Unknown

  • 489 Fifth Avenue - (41st Street - 42nd Street)

    Unknown

  • Statues - New York Public Library - Lions

    Unknown

  • 24 East 42nd Street (Madison Avenue - Fifth Avenue)

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 5th Avenue

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street, 1900

Photo 15 of 229 at 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

1900

Fifth Avenue north from 41st Street, showing pupils of the Spence School for Girls out for their daily walk. At the extreme left is the reservoir which for many years covered the site now occupied by the New York Public Library. In the left background is the Bristol office building, formerly the Hotel Bristol. This was demolished in 1929 to make way for the Salmon Tower. The spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral may be dimly seen in the right background. Temple Emanu-El, demolished in 1927 is the spired building in the centre. 1900. Ewing Galloway, Photographer.

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