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Bowery & East 1st Street, Manhattan

27 historical photos taken here between 1924 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street, 1924

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street

    1924

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East), 1929

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East)

    1929

  • Social conditions - Slum section., 1930

    Social conditions - Slum section.

    1930

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East), 1930–1935

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East)

    1930; 1934; 1935

  • Social conditions - Slum section., 1930

    Social conditions - Slum section.

    1930

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East), 1930–1935

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East)

    1930; 1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East), 1930–1935

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East)

    1930; 1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery, 1932

    Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery

    1932

  • Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery, 1932

    Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery

    1932

  • Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East), 1934

    Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East)

    1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East), 1934–1935

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East)

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East), 1934

    Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East)

    1934

  • Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Bowery, 1934

    Manhattan: Bleecker Street - Bowery

    1934

  • Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery, 1934

    Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery

    1934

  • Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East), 1934

    Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East)

    1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East), 1934–1935

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East)

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery, 1934

    Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery

    1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 2nd Street (East), 1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - 2nd Street (East)

    1934

  • Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery, 1938

    Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery

    1938

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery, 1938

    Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery

    1938

  • Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery, 1938

    Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery

    1938

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East), 1938

    Manhattan: Bowery - 1st Street (East)

    1938

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Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East), 1938

Photo 19 of 27 at Bowery & East 1st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Extra Place - 1st Street (East)

1938

Extra Place, north from East 1st Street, showing at the extremity of this blind alley, buildings that face on the south side of East 2nd Street, under demolition. The New York Sun of May 3, 1938 reports that a gasoline station is to be constructed at the S.E. corner of the Bowery and East 2nd Street and necessitated this clearance which became more extensive than needed. June 29, 1938. Views 1,2 and 3. P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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