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West End Avenue & West 103rd Street, Manhattan

5 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1923, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: West End Avenue - 103rd Street (West), 1920–1921

    Manhattan: West End Avenue - 103rd Street (West)

    1920; 1921

  • Manhattan: West End Avenue - 104th Street (West), 1922

    Manhattan: West End Avenue - 104th Street (West)

    1922

  • Manhattan: West End Avenue - 104th Street (West), 1922

    Manhattan: West End Avenue - 104th Street (West)

    1922

  • Manhattan: West End Avenue - 103rd Street (West), 1923

    Manhattan: West End Avenue - 103rd Street (West)

    1923

  • Manhattan: West End Avenue - 103rd Street (West), 1923

    Manhattan: West End Avenue - 103rd Street (West)

    1923

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Manhattan: West End Avenue - 103rd Street (West), 1923

Photo 4 of 5 at West End Avenue & West 103rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: West End Avenue - 103rd Street (West)

1923

West End Avenue, S.E. corner of 103rd Street, showing the new 878 West End Avenue apartment building just completed. Compare this with the companion picture, taken two months earlier, which bears the detailed description of this scene. May 16, 1923. American Photo Service, Inc. Gift of E. M. Jenks.

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