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7th Avenue & 38th Street, Manhattan

11 historical photos taken here between 1921 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 38th Street - 7th Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 38th Street - 7th Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1922

    Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1922

  • Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1924

    Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1924

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 38th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 38th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 38th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 38th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 38th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 38th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 38th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 38th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 38th Street - 7th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 38th Street - 7th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 38th Street - 7th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 38th Street - 7th Avenue

    1931

  • Sanitation - [Police guarding strike breakers who are taking their cart loads of garbage to the dump ground.]

    Sanitation - [Police guarding strike breakers who are taking their cart loads of garbage to the dump ground.]

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1930

Photo 8 of 11 at 7th Avenue & 38th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

1930

W. 38th Street, west from Broadway to Seventh Avenue, as viewed across the low structures at the N.W. corner of Broadway and 38th Street to show prominently the 43 storied Navarre Mercantile Building, (No. 512-Seventh Avenue). At the left is the 23 story Bricken Broadway Building (No. 1385 Broadway) and to the right the Fashion Center Building (525-Seventh Avenue). The majority of the property shown, both low and tall structures, are holdings of the Wendell family. May 7, 1930 P.L. Sperr

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