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  • Manhattan: West Street, 1936-05-12

    Manhattan: West Street

    1936-05-12

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: West Street, 1936-05-12

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Manhattan: West Street

1936-05-12

West Street Row: 11 West Street, nos. 217-221, Manhattan Federal Art Project "Changing New York" Berenice Abbott, photographer [Note: negative at Museum of the City of New York] Code II C-1 and I A-2 May 12, 1936

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