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Bowery & Spring Street, Manhattan

13 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Bowery, 1930

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Bowery

    1930

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Bowery, 1930

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Bowery

    1930

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1933–1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1933–1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1933–1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1933–1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1933–1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Spring Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Bowery, 1936

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Bowery

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Spring Street - Bowery, 1930

Photo 4 of 13 at Bowery & Spring Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Spring Street - Bowery

1930

Spring Street (center), west from the Bowery (across the foreground) as viewed from the former Libby's Hotel on Delancey Street between Chrystie and Forsyth Streets. The building with the flagpole atop, is the Commonwealth Bank, No. 190 Bowery, and is at the N.W. corner. No. 2 shows a more extensive view of Bowery roof tops. February 14, 1930. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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