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98th Street & Madison Avenue, Manhattan

2 historical photos taken here between 1893 and 1894, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 98th Street - Madison Avenue, 1893

    Manhattan: 98th Street - Madison Avenue

    1893

  • Manhattan: 98th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1894

    Manhattan: 98th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1894

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 98th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1894

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Manhattan: 98th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

1894

East 98th Street, south side, between Madison and Fifth Avenues, showing rural conditions prevailing on the present site of St. Bernard's School (No. 4-12 E. 98th St.). Fifth Avenue is to the right and runs across the midground; vacant lots being on this side and Central Park on the far side. In the center is a 3-story brick dwelling, No. 1150 Fifth Avenue, situated at the N.E. corner of 96th Street. This photo was verified with the photographers successors (H. N. Tiemann & Co) and checked with their records of which this is photo No. 94. September 1894 H. N. Tiemann, Photo Gift of Urbrock Collection

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