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Broadway & West 58th Street, Manhattan

8 historical photos taken here in 1939, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 58th Street (West) - Broadway, 1939

    Manhattan: 58th Street (West) - Broadway

    1939

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 58th and 59th Streets, 1939

    Manhattan: Broadway - 58th and 59th Streets

    1939

  • Manhattan: 58th Street (West) - Broadway, 1939

    Manhattan: 58th Street (West) - Broadway

    1939

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 58th Street (West), 1939

    Manhattan: Broadway - 58th Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 58th and 59th Streets, 1939

    Manhattan: Broadway - 58th and 59th Streets

    1939

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 58th Street (West), 1939

    Manhattan: Broadway - 58th Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 58th Street

    Manhattan: Broadway - 58th Street

    Unknown

  • Broadway - West 58th Street

    Broadway - West 58th Street

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 58th Street (West) - Broadway, 1939

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Manhattan: 58th Street (West) - Broadway

1939

(1) West 58th Street South Side and looking East from #214, a point midway between Broadway and Seventh Avenue and across the latter. The 58th Street Theatre as shown, occupies the site of a former 3 story stable and bears the numbers 206-202. The windowless structure appearing on the right occupies Numbers 214-208 and is in the rear of the American Fine Arts Building, #215 West 57th Street. (This set consists of a negative and a positive.) September 1935 (2) View in the same direction, showing the North Side of the Street and showing the Hotel Barbizon Plaza in the background at 6th Avenue. May 21st, 1939 Photographs by, P.L. Sperr,

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