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Delancey Street & Ludlow Street, Manhattan

16 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Delancey Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Delancey Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street

    1934

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshment vendors - Ice cream., 1934–1935

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshment vendors - Ice cream.

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street

    1934; 1936

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshment vendors - Ice cream., 1934–1935

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshment vendors - Ice cream.

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Delancey Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Delancey Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street

    1934; 1936

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshment vendors - Ice cream., 1934–1935

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshment vendors - Ice cream.

    1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street, 1934–1937

    Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street

    1934; 1937

  • Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street, 1934–1937

    Manhattan: Delancey Street - Ludlow Street

    1934; 1937

  • Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Delancey Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Delancey Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Delancey Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Delancey Street

    1934

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Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshment vendors - Ice cream., 1934–1935

Photo 9 of 16 at Delancey Street & Ludlow Street, Manhattan

Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshment vendors - Ice cream.

1934; 1935

(1) Motor bike, ice cream vendor; pausing to refresh the curious throngs convened at the foot of West 48th Street, to view the maiden voyager "Normandie". June 5, 1935. P. L. Sperr. (2) Ice cream stand at Delancey near Ludlow Streets. About May 5, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) Ice cream vendor, selling his wares to shoppers, at the open air markets, underneath the N.Y. Central R.R. tracks, on Park Ave., at 112th Street. July 6, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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