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Academy Street & Cooper Street, Manhattan

2 historical photos taken here in 1932, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Academy Street - Cooper Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Academy Street - Cooper Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Academy Street - Cooper Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Academy Street - Cooper Street

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Academy Street - Cooper Street, 1932

Photo 1 of 2 at Academy Street & Cooper Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Academy Street - Cooper Street

1932

(1) Academy Street, from but not including Cooper Street to Seaman Avenue. No. 690 in the center is a 2½-story frame house. 1932. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. (2) The same, showing a closeup of No. 690 Academy Street. 1932. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York.

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