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West 38th Street & 9th Avenue, Manhattan

11 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1927–1930

    Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1927; 1930

  • Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1927–1930

    Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1927; 1930

  • Manhattan: 38th Street - 9th Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 38th Street - 9th Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 38th Street - 9th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 38th Street - 9th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 38th Street - 9th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 38th Street - 9th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 38th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 38th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 38th Street - 9th Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 38th Street - 9th Avenue

    1934

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1930

Photo 5 of 11 at West 38th Street & 9th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 38th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

1930

W. 38th Street (foreground) and vicinity, at Ninth Avenue (center, "El" thereon), as viewed northeastward from the Underhill Building on 37th Street to the east of Tenth Avenue. In the foreground at what was formerly No's 411 to 415 W. 38th Street is the Schermerhorn Playground. The five buildings to the west of same were subsequently demolished in a 175 foot swath for the present Dyer Avenue, the vehicular entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. The photographer is viewing toward the Times Square district of which appears the Paramount and Times Building and the Hotel Lincoln. May 23, 1930. Views 1 and 2 P.L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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