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Amsterdam Avenue & West 103rd Street, Manhattan

4 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 104th Street (West), 1920

    Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 104th Street (West)

    1920

  • Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 103rd Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 103rd Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 103rd Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 103rd Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 103rd Street (West), 1937

    Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 103rd Street (West)

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 103rd Street (West), 1937

Photo 2 of 4 at Amsterdam Avenue & West 103rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue - 103rd Street (West)

1937

Amsterdam Ave., east side, north from west 103rd Street, showing the Home for Respectable Aged Indigent Females occupying that block front from 103rd to 104th Streets. Views 2 and 3 show details of this area, with a Public School (No. 54) at the N.E. corner of 104th Street and a Church (West End Presbyterian) at the N.E. corner of 105th Street. November 7, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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