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Broadway & 119th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - 119th Street, 1900

    Manhattan: Broadway - 119th Street

    1900

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Broadway - 119th Street, 1900

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Manhattan: Broadway - 119th Street

1900

Broadway, west side, north from and including 119th Street, giving a close view of Barnard College in the foreground. The Union Theological Seminary, which will occupy the grounds from 120th to 122nd Streets, has not yet been built. Broadway is being torn up for the excavation work on the city's first subway. September 25, 1900. William B. Parsons Collection.

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