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Riverside Drive & 78th Street, Manhattan

7 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • North (Hudson) River - Shore and skyline - Manhattan - 59th Street - George Washington Bridge., 1925–1926

    North (Hudson) River - Shore and skyline - Manhattan - 59th Street - George Washington Bridge.

    1925; 1926

  • North (Hudson) River - Shore and skyline - Manhattan - 59th Street - George Washington Bridge., 1925–1926

    North (Hudson) River - Shore and skyline - Manhattan - 59th Street - George Washington Bridge.

    1925; 1926

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

    Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

    1932

  • Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 78th Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Riverside Drive - 78th Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: 78th Street (West) - Riverside Drive, 1936

    Manhattan: 78th Street (West) - Riverside Drive

    1936

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Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine., 1932

Photo 3 of 7 at Riverside Drive & 78th Street, Manhattan

Squatters Colony - Camp Thomas Paine.

1932

(1) A section of Camp Thomas Paine. September 3, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (2) A scene in the same camp, looking northward from about 78th Street. September 3, 1932. (3) The same, as No. 2 from a different angle. September 3, 1932. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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