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West 45th Street & 10th Avenue, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 45th Street (West) - 10th Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 45th Street (West) - 10th Avenue

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 45th Street (West) - 10th Avenue, 1937

Photo 1 of 1 at West 45th Street & 10th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 45th Street (West) - 10th Avenue

1937

West 45th Street, west from Tenth Avenue, showing progress of the W. P. A. repaving program on this thoroughfare. View 2 is photographed from a point closer to Eleventh Ave. June 17, 1937 No's. 1-2 W. P. A., photo Five Boroughs Project

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