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Spring Street & Greenwich Street, Manhattan

11 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street, 1900–1910

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street

    1900; 1908; 1910

  • Social conditions in Manhattan., 1926

    Social conditions in Manhattan.

    1926

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street, 1932–1938

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street

    1932; 1938

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Spring Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Spring Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Spring Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Spring Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street, 1932–1938

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street

    1932; 1938

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Spring Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Spring Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Spring Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Greenwich Street - Spring Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street, 1941

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Greenwich Street

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Social conditions in Manhattan., 1926

Photo 2 of 11 at Spring Street & Greenwich Street, Manhattan

Social conditions in Manhattan.

1926

Social Conditions in Manhattan: This picture shows the community sink from which eighteen people draw all their water on the top floor of No. 72 Greenwich Street. The toilets for the four-story house adjoin the sink. Published in the New York Evening World of February 23, 1926. February 23, 1926. Gift of New York World.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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