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Mott Street & Canal Street, Manhattan

37 historical photos taken here between 1860 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Mott Street, 1860

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Mott Street

    1860

  • Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street, 1920

    Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street

    1920

  • Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street, 1922–1929

    Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street

    1922; 1929

  • Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street, 1922–1929

    Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street

    1922; 1929

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Mott Street, 1927–1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Mott Street

    1927; 1929

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Mott Street, 1927

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Mott Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Mott Street, 1927–1929

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Mott Street

    1927; 1929

  • Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street, 1936

    Manhattan: Mott Street - Canal Street

    1936

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 8., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 8.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 1., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 1.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 17., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 17.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 11., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 11.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 10., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 10.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 14., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 14.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 9., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 9.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 2., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 2.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 22., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 22.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 4., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 4.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 13., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 13.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 24., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 24.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 18., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 18.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 21., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 21.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 20., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 20.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 16., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 16.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 15., 1940

    Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 15.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 12.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 23.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 19.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 3.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 5.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 6.

    1940

  • Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 7.

    1940

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Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 21., 1940

Photo 27 of 37 at Mott Street & Canal Street, Manhattan

Newspapers - China Daily News Series No. 21.

1940

Newspapers: China Daily News Series--No. 21 This Chinese newsboy contentedly counts his papers, calmed down with the photographer's discarded flash bulb. 1940 Alexander Alland

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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