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Broadway & 50th Street, Manhattan

24 historical photos taken here between 1901 and 1968, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1901

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1901

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1904

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1904

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1920

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1920

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street (West), 1928

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street (West)

    1928

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1928

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1928

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1930–1935

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1930; 1935

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1930–1935

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1930; 1935

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1930–1935

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1930; 1935

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1930

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Newspapers - Books - Stationery - Periodicals., 1933–1934

    Occupations - Peddlers - Newspapers - Books - Stationery - Periodicals.

    1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 10-1-1933

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    10-1-1933

  • Manhattan: 50th Street - Broadway, 1933–1940

    Manhattan: 50th Street - Broadway

    1933; 1938; 1940

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Newspapers - Books - Stationery - Periodicals., 1933–1934

    Occupations - Peddlers - Newspapers - Books - Stationery - Periodicals.

    1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 10-1-1933

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    10-1-1933

  • Manhattan: 50th Street - Broadway, 1933–1940

    Manhattan: 50th Street - Broadway

    1933; 1938; 1940

  • Manhattan: 50th Street - Broadway, 1933–1940

    Manhattan: 50th Street - Broadway

    1933; 1938; 1940

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1935

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1935

    Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Broadway - [Between 50th and 51st Streets], 1968

    Manhattan: Broadway - [Between 50th and 51st Streets]

    1968

  • Manhattan: Broadway - [Between 50th and 51st Streets]

    Manhattan: Broadway - [Between 50th and 51st Streets]

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street, 1930–1935

Photo 10 of 24 at Broadway & 50th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Broadway - 50th Street

1930; 1935

(1) Broadway, east side, from 50th to 51st Streets, showing the Winter Garden Theatre flanked by buildings of three and twelve stories, respectively. May 3, 1930. P. L. Sperr. (2) and 3) A similar view, more extensive southward. The Winter Garden Theatre bears No. 1634 Broadway. This set consists of a negative and a positive. November 29, 1935. W.P.A. Photo.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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