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Bleecker Street & Mercer Street, Manhattan

5 historical photos taken here between 1917 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Transportation - Trolley - Horse drawn street car., 1917

    Transportation - Trolley - Horse drawn street car.

    1917

  • Transportation - Trolley - Horse drawn street car., 1917

    Transportation - Trolley - Horse drawn street car.

    1917

  • Manhattan: Mercer Street - Bleecker Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Mercer Street - Bleecker Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Mercer Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Mercer Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Mercer Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Mercer Street

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Mercer Street - Bleecker Street, 1932

Photo 3 of 5 at Bleecker Street & Mercer Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Mercer Street - Bleecker Street

1932

200 Mercer Street (shown on some maps as 198), east side, south of Bleecker Street (originally David Street), a one-story frame shack. 1932. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York.

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