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Broadway & West 131st Street, Manhattan

10 historical photos taken here between 1926 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street, 1926

    Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street

    1926

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West), 1931–1932

    Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West)

    1931; 1932

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West), 1931–1932

    Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West)

    1931; 1932

  • Manhattan: 131st Street (West) - Broadway, 1932

    Manhattan: 131st Street (West) - Broadway

    1932

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West), 1932

    Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West)

    1932

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West)

    1938

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Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West), 1932

Photo 5 of 10 at Broadway & West 131st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Broadway - 131st Street (West)

1932

60-66 Old Broadway, at, adjoining, and south of the S.W. corner of West 131st Street. Nos. 64 and 66 are both frame houses. 1932. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 334.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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