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Thompson Street & Spring Street, Manhattan

15 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Spring Street, 1922–1933

    Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Spring Street

    1922; 1933

  • Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Spring Street, 1922–1933

    Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Spring Street

    1922; 1933

  • Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street, 1922–1933

    Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street

    1922; 1933

  • Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Spring Street, 1922–1933

    Manhattan: Sullivan Street - Spring Street

    1922; 1933

  • Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street, 1922–1933

    Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street

    1922; 1933

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Thompson Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Thompson Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street, 1932

    Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Thompson Street, 1933

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Thompson Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Sullivan Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Sullivan Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Sullivan Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Sullivan Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Thompson Street, 1938–1939

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Thompson Street

    1938; 1939

  • Manhattan: Spring Street - Thompson Street, 1938–1939

    Manhattan: Spring Street - Thompson Street

    1938; 1939

  • Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street, 1938

    Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street

    1938

  • Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street

    Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street, 1938

Photo 14 of 15 at Thompson Street & Spring Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Thompson Street - Spring Street

1938

102-04, 106 and 108 Thompson Street, east side, between Spring and Prince Streets, showing only the lower portions of buildings enumerated, with a street market in front of same. This area, populated by individuals of Italian extraction find their retail necessities well supplied by this local feature, of which this view shows only a portion. May 7, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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