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Riverside Drive & 164th Street, Manhattan

10 historical photos taken here between 1937 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street, 1937

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Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 164th Street

1937

(1) Riverside Drive, north from about West 164th Street. Note a portion of the N.Y. Institution for the Deaf on the extreme right. June 15, 1937. P. L. Sperr. (2) A view northward from the same vantage point and showing the new George Washington Bridge spanning the North (Hudson) River. June 15, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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