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West 40th Street & 9th Avenue, Manhattan

32 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit., 1923–1938

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit.

    1923; 1934; 1938

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit., 1923–1938

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit.

    1923; 1934; 1938

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit., 1923–1938

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit.

    1923; 1934; 1938

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fish., 1924–1938

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fish.

    1924; 1937; 1938

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fish., 1924–1938

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fish.

    1924; 1937; 1938

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fish., 1924–1938

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fish.

    1924; 1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 39th Street, 1927–1937

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 39th Street

    1927; 1937

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 39th Street, 1927–1937

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 39th Street

    1927; 1937

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue

    1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue, 1932–1934

    Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue

    1932; 1934

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 40th Street - 9th Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 40th Street - 9th Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 40th Street - 9th Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 40th Street - 9th Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 40th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue

    1935

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit., 1936

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit.

    1936

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit., 1936

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 39th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 39th Street

    1937

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit., 1937–1941

    Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit.

    1937; 1941

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 39th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 39th Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 40th Street (West)

    1937

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Fruit.

    1937; 1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue, 1932

Photo 14 of 32 at West 40th Street & 9th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 39th Street - 9th Avenue

1932

406 West 39th Street, south side, west of Ninth Avenue. This is a two-story frame shack in the rear of 406 West 39th Street. 1932. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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