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Prince Street & Lafayette Street, Manhattan

12 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Prince Street, 1900

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Prince Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Jersey Street, 1900

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Jersey Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Prince Street, 1900

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Prince Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street, 1912

    Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

    1912

  • Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street, 1919

    Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street, 1925

    Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street, 1922–1928

    Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

    1922; 1923; 1926; 1928

  • Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street, 1922–1928

    Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

    1922; 1923; 1926; 1928

  • Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Jersey Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Lafayette Street - Jersey Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

    Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street, 1922–1928

Photo 7 of 12 at Prince Street & Lafayette Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Prince Street - Lafayette Street

1922; 1923; 1926; 1928

(1) 63 to 67 Prince Street, north side, west from Lafayette (Elm) to Crosby Streets, showing at the N.W. corner of Lafayette Street, No. 63 Prince Street, the house where President Monroe died in 1831. About July 1926 it was moved to No. 95 Crosby Street, a point on the east side of the street and south of Prince Street. During same, it became damaged and was gone in May 1928. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) A close-up of the entrances to Nos. 63 and 65. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) A view showing Lafayette Street in the foreground. Shown on the left are the sides and rears of No. 62, a 1-story shack at the corner (S.W.) and No. 64 a 4-story building. Across the background appear the upper portions of lofts on Crosby Street, north of Prince Street. Date---? Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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