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5th Avenue & 48th Street, Manhattan

71 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1975, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1900

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1907

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1907

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1910

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1910

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1911

    Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1911

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1922

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1922

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1924

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1924

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1924

    Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1924

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 5th Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 48th Street - 5th Avenue

    1925

  • General view - [Midtown Manhattan] - Rockefeller Center area., 1929

    General view - [Midtown Manhattan] - Rockefeller Center area.

    1929

  • General view - [Midtown Manhattan] - Rockefeller Center area., 1929

    General view - [Midtown Manhattan] - Rockefeller Center area.

    1929

  • General view - [Midtown Manhattan] - Rockefeller Center area., 1929

    General view - [Midtown Manhattan] - Rockefeller Center area.

    1929

  • General view: 5th Avenue - W. 48th Street - W. 51st Street., 1930

    General view: 5th Avenue - W. 48th Street - W. 51st Street.

    1930

  • 597 Fifth Avenue - East 48 Street, 1930

    597 Fifth Avenue - East 48 Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1931

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-03-11

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-03-11

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-03-04

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-03-04

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-02-16

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-02-16

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1932

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1932

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-03-24

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-03-24

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-02-16

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-02-16

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-02-15

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-02-15

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-10-04

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-10-04

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-02-16

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-02-16

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-02-09

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-02-09

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue, 1932-02-20

    48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1932-02-20

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1932

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1932

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 5th Avenue

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - South.

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - Southeast.

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - South.

    1933

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - Southeast.

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - West.

    1933

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 5th Avenue

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - Southeast.

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - Southeast.

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - Southeast.

    1933

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1933; 1936

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - South.

    1933

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 5th Street (West) - 48th Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    1933; 1936

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenue - East.

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - South.

    1933

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

    1933

  • General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenues - West.

    1933

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1934-12-18

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1934-12-18

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1934-12-18

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    1934-12-18

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1928; 1937

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1975

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1975

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1975

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1975

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    Unknown

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    Unknown

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - West 48th Street

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - 48th Street, northwest corner

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 48th Street

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - 48th Street - 49th Street, west side

    Unknown

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - 48th Street, northwest corner

    Unknown

  • 48th Street (West) - 51st Street - Fifth Avenue

    Unknown

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General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenue - East., 1933

Photo 49 of 71 at 5th Avenue & 48th Street, Manhattan

General view - Between 5th and 6th Avenue - East.

1933

A general view, east from Radio City, north from 48th to 51st Streets, and west from Fifth to Sixth Aves., showing the East River with Blackwell's Island and the Queensboro Bridge, (extending from East 59th Street, Manhattan, to Long Island City). In the foreground, is St. Patrick's Cathedral (Roman Catholic, 50th Street and Fifth Ave). August 9, 1933. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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