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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: 2nd Street - Bowery, 1938

Photo 21 of 27 at Bowery & East 1st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 2nd Street - Bowery

1938

East 2nd Street, east from the Bowery and showing a gasoline station under construction at the S.E. corner. This cleared area included a row of old 2? story frame and brick buildings that were at the extremity of Extra Place. The buildings on the opposite side hide the Marble Cemetery which is in the center of that block and is a forgotten God's acre. No. 2 depicts a portion of the view seen in No. 1 and includes buildings numbered 14 to 22 inclusive. The photographer is at the northern extremity of Extra Place and is viewing northward across the clearance seen in No. 1. No.3 is westward from the same vantage point taken in No. 2 though in a westward direction, to and across the Bowery. Past that point, this thoroughfare becomes Bond Street. The building at the N.W. corner of that street and the Bowery is a bank, name unknown to the writer. Note the Third Avenue elevated line running north and southward on the Bowery. July 16, 1938. Views 1, 2, and 3. P.L. Sperr

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