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5th Avenue & 80th Street, Manhattan

18 historical photos taken here between 1892 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Central Park - Pathways - [The donkey-walk.], 1892

    Manhattan: Central Park - Pathways - [The donkey-walk.]

    1892

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street, 1906

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street

    1906

  • No. 998 Fifth Avenue. Northeast Corner Eighty-first Street., 1910-03

    No. 998 Fifth Avenue. Northeast Corner Eighty-first Street.

    1910-03

  • No. 991 Daniel C. clark - no. 993 Louis Stern - East 81st St. - No. 1009 James B. Duke], 1911

    No. 991 Daniel C. clark - no. 993 Louis Stern - East 81st St. - No. 1009 James B. Duke]

    1911

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Ave. & 81st St.], 1911

    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Ave. & 81st St.]

    1911

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 81st Street, 1912

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 81st Street

    1912

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street, 1912

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street

    1912

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street, 1920

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street

    1920

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 81st Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 81st Street

    1928

  • 14 East 81st Street (Fifth Avenue - Madison Avenue), 1930-02-11

    14 East 81st Street (Fifth Avenue - Madison Avenue)

    1930-02-11

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Sailboat pond., 1933–1936

    Manhattan: Central Park - Sailboat pond.

    1933; 1936

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Sailboat pond., 1933–1936

    Manhattan: Central Park - Sailboat pond.

    1933; 1936

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Sailboat pond., 1933–1936

    Manhattan: Central Park - Sailboat pond.

    1933; 1936

  • Fifth Avenue - 80th Street, west side - looking north

    Fifth Avenue - 80th Street, west side - looking north

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - 80th Street, west side - looking north

    Fifth Avenue - 80th Street, west side - looking north

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street, 1920

Photo 8 of 18 at 5th Avenue & 80th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 80th Street

1920

Fifth Avenue at S.E. corner of 80th Street. About 1920.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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