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Canal Street & Chrystie Street, Manhattan

22 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Canal Street

    1934

  • Social conditions - [Unemployed ; An old man eating five-cent-lunch.]

    Social conditions - [Unemployed ; An old man eating five-cent-lunch.]

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street, 1929

Photo 7 of 22 at Canal Street & Chrystie Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Canal Street - Chrystie Street

1929

(1) Canal Street, north side, from and including Chrystie to Forsyth Streets. This view also shows in the foreground the Manhattan Bridge Plaza. December 26, 1929. P.L. Sperr. (2) The same, from a different angle. December 26, 1929. P.L. Sperr. (3) The same, including Forsyth Street. July 18, 1929. P.L. Sperr.

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