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East 109th Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

7 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 109th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 109th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 109th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 109th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 110th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 110th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 110th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 110th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 109th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 109th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 110th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 110th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 109th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 109th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1937

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Manhattan: 110th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1933

Photo 4 of 7 at East 109th Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 110th Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

1933

216 East 110th Street, south side, between Third and Second Avenues, showing P.S. 83. Board of Education, N.Y.C. 1920. Then why 133 plate on auto?

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