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West 42nd Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

64 historical photos taken here between 1914 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • 212 West 42nd Street (Seventh Avenue - Eighth Avenue), 1914

    212 West 42nd Street (Seventh Avenue - Eighth Avenue)

    1914

  • 42nd Street (West) - Eighth Avenue - Ninth Avenue, 1915–1920

    42nd Street (West) - Eighth Avenue - Ninth Avenue

    1915; 1920

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1918

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1918

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1918

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1918

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1920

  • 219 W. 42nd St. (Seventh Avenue - Eighth Avenue), 1922

    219 W. 42nd St. (Seventh Avenue - Eighth Avenue)

    1922

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1925

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street (West), 1926

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street (West)

    1926

  • 42nd Street (West) - 43rd Street - Eighth Avenue, looking east, 1927-05

    42nd Street (West) - 43rd Street - Eighth Avenue, looking east

    1927-05

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Transportation - Subway construction., 1928

    Transportation - Subway construction.

    1928

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1929–1932

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1929; 1932

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1929–1932

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1929; 1932

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 8th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street, 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1933–1936

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1933; 1936

  • Manhattan: 41st Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 41st Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street (West), 1933–1936

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street (West)

    1933; 1936

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street (West), 1933–1936

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street (West)

    1933; 1936

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1933–1935

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1933; 1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1933–1936

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1933; 1936

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1933–1936

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1933; 1936

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1933–1935

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1933; 1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street (West), 1933–1936

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street (West)

    1933; 1936

  • Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue, 1933–1935

    Manhattan: 41st Street - 8th Avenue

    1933; 1934; 1935

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street, 1935

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 41st Street

    1935

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1936–1937

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1936; 1937

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1936

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1936–1937

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1936; 1937

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1936–1937

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1936; 1937

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - W.P.A. [Works Progress Administration] Parade.

    1937; 1937-01

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - W.P.A. [Works Progress Administration] Parade.

    1937; 1937-01

  • Manhattan: 41st Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 42nd Street

    Unknown

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Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - W.P.A. [Works Progress Administration] Parade., 1937; 1937-01

Photo 62 of 64 at West 42nd Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan

Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - W.P.A. [Works Progress Administration] Parade.

1937; 1937-01

(1) W.P.A., Parade, from Madison Square (23rd Street and Fifth Ave)., to Madison Square Garden (50th Street and Eighth Ave). View taken south- ward on Eighth Ave., at West 41st Street. January 9, 1937. Geo. D. Chinn. (2) The same, north on Eighth Ave., at West 41st Street. "A lull in the march" January 9, 1937. Geo. D. Chinn.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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