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Broadway & Broome Street, Manhattan

7 historical photos taken here between 1899 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Broadway, East Side. Broome to Spring St., 1899

    Broadway, East Side. Broome to Spring St.

    1899

  • Broadway, West Side. Broome to Spring St., 1899

    Broadway, West Side. Broome to Spring St.

    1899

  • Manhattan: Broadway - [Broome Street], 1935

    Manhattan: Broadway - [Broome Street]

    1935

  • Manhattan: Broadway - Broome Street, 1935

    Manhattan: Broadway - Broome Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Broadway - Broome Street, 1935

    Manhattan: Broadway - Broome Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Broadway - Broome Street, 1935

    Manhattan: Broadway - Broome Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: Broome Street - Broadway., 1935

    Manhattan: Broome Street - Broadway.

    1935

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Broome Street - Broadway., 1935

Photo 7 of 7 at Broadway & Broome Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Broome Street - Broadway.

1935

Broadway near Broome St. Federal Art Project, "Changing New York," photographs by Berenice Abbott, 50 Commerce St., N.Y.C. Oct. 7, 1935

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