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Essex Street & Hester Street, Manhattan

28 historical photos taken here between 1905 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street, 1905

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street

    1905

  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street, 1905

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street

    1905

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1926

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1926

  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1931–1934

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1931; 1934

  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1931–1934

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1931; 1934

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Ludlow Street, 1932–1936

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Ludlow Street

    1932; 1936

  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Ludlow Street, 1932–1936

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Ludlow Street

    1932; 1936

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street

    1934; 1936

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit., 1934

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit.

    1934

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street, 1934–1936

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Essex Street - Hester Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Hester Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Hester Street

    1936

  • Occupations - Butcher., 1937

    Occupations - Butcher.

    1937

  • Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Hester Street

    Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Hester Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street, 1931

Photo 8 of 28 at Essex Street & Hester Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Hester Street - Essex Street

1931

(1) Hester Street, from and including Esses (left), to, but not including Suffolk Streets (right), as seen from Seward Park. The park is on the south side, while subway construction (Independent System Eighth Ave)., is on the north. Across the latter, appears the new Seward Park High School on Grand Street. Shown across the background is Essex Street, west side, north from Hester to Grand Streets. April 20, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) A portion of the same, showing truck entering subway entrance at the N.W. corner of Norfolk Street. Hester Street is on the extreme left. Buildings in the background are on Essex Street. April 20, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

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