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Park Avenue & 39th Street, Manhattan

35 historical photos taken here between 1912 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East), 1912–1935

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East)

    1912; 1922; 1925; 1935

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East), 1912–1935

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East)

    1912; 1922; 1925; 1935

  • Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1913

    Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1913

  • Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1916

    Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1916

  • Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue, 1921

    Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1921

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1922–1937

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1922; 1925; 1929; 1931; 1933; 1936; 1937

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1922–1937

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1922; 1925; 1929; 1931; 1933; 1936; 1937

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1924

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1924

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1925–1937

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1925; 1929; 1931; 1937

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1925–1937

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1925; 1929; 1931; 1937

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1928–1933

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1928; 1933

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1928–1933

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1928; 1933

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1928–1933

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1928; 1933

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1930–1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1930; 1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1930–1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1930–1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1930; 1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street, 1935

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 39th Street - Park Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street., 1936

    Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street.

    1936

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East)

    1940

  • Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 39th Street (East) - Park Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East)

    1940

  • Park Avenue - 39th Street, west side

    1940-04-11

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Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East), 1940

Photo 34 of 35 at Park Avenue & 39th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 39th Street (East)

1940

Park Avenue, south from E. 39th Street (intersection in foreground) as viewed southwestward from what the writer believes to be the Chanin Building, showing several high apartment houses and the Union League Club. The latter is the square Colonial facade structure seen in the center of bot views. The two apartment houses facing each other at 38th Street are the 70 Park Avenue and the Murray. View No. 2 is southeastward from an office building at the northwest corner of Madison Avenue and 39th Street and emphasizes a rear view of the last named structures and the club. About 1932. Views 1 and 2

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