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7th Avenue & West 49th Street, Manhattan

44 historical photos taken here between 1915 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1915

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street, 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1915

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - [49th Street], 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - [49th Street]

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1915

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - [49th Street], 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - [49th Street]

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1915

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1915

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1915

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1916

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1916

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1916

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1916

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1916

    Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1916

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1916

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1916

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1916

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1916

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1916

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1916

  • 49th Street (West) - Seventh Avenue - Broadway, 1918-01-04

    49th Street (West) - Seventh Avenue - Broadway

    1918-01-04

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 7th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 48th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 48th Street - 7th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 49th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1936

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Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1935

Photo 42 of 44 at 7th Avenue & West 49th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 48th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

1935

West 48th Street, north side, east from (No. 163, left) Seventh Ave., showing, the 48th Street Theatre occupying Nos. 159-155. Extending east of same, is a row of 4-story buildings that bear Nos. 153 to 147. The Playhouse is at Nos. 145-137. Adjoining the latter is the 13-story Hotel Bristol, No. 135-129. On the right of set two appears the Sixth Ave. Elevated. These four pictures comprise two sets, of a negative and a positive. 1935. W.P.A. Photo.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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