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5th Avenue & 45th Street, Manhattan

20 historical photos taken here between 1888 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1888

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1888

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1893

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1893

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1907

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1907

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1910

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1910

  • Delmonico's, N.E. Cor. 44th St. & 5th Ave. - Margaret Murtha - Church of the Heavenly Rest - No. 555 Lewandos, cleaners, Dyers], 1911

    Delmonico's, N.E. Cor. 44th St. & 5th Ave. - Margaret Murtha - Church of the Heavenly Rest - No. 555 Lewandos, cleaners, Dyers]

    1911

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1911

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1911

  • No. 530 Fifth Avenue Bank - A. Roman, Ladies' tailor and Habit maker - L. P. Hollander & Co. - No. 556 M. Knoedler & Co.], 1911

    No. 530 Fifth Avenue Bank - A. Roman, Ladies' tailor and Habit maker - L. P. Hollander & Co. - No. 556 M. Knoedler & Co.]

    1911

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1912

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1912

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1923

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1923

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 45th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 45th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1925

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 45th Street - 5th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 45th Street - 5th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

    1931

  • 551 Fifth Avenue - East 45th Street

    551 Fifth Avenue - East 45th Street

    Unknown

  • 545 Fifth Avenue - East 45th Street

    545 Fifth Avenue - East 45th Street

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - 45th Street - 46th Street (West), west side

    Fifth Avenue - 45th Street - 46th Street (West), west side

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street, 1931

Photo 17 of 20 at 5th Avenue & 45th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 45th Street

1931

Fifth Avenue, west side, north from 45th Street, a night view. Among the shops and office buildings the spire of the Collegiate Church, on the N.W. corner of 48th Street, stands out like a dark shadow. The slowness of the lens makes this photograph an interesting study of automobile traffic in motion. April 22, 1931. New York Edison Company Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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