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East 64th Street & Madison Avenue, Manhattan

8 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • The Verona. Corner of Madison Avenue and Sixty-fourth Street., 1910-03

    The Verona. Corner of Madison Avenue and Sixty-fourth Street.

    1910-03

  • Manhattan: 64th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1911

    Manhattan: 64th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1911

  • Manhattan: 64th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1911

    Manhattan: 64th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1911

  • Manhattan: 64th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 64th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 64th Street, 1922

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 64th Street

    1922

  • Manhattan: 64th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 64th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 64th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 64th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 65th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 65th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 65th Street (East) - Madison Avenue, 1938

Photo 8 of 8 at East 64th Street & Madison Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 65th Street (East) - Madison Avenue

1938

45 to 57 East 65th Street, north side, east from a point midway between Madison and Park Aves., and to the latter, showing prominently the home of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his mother, Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt, at No. 47-49 (balcony thereon). January 2, 1938. George D. Chinn. Photostat negative no. A-880.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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