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York Avenue & 64th Street, Manhattan

13 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street, 1922

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street

    1922

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 65th Street, 1927

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 65th Street

    1927

  • Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge., 1927–1936

    Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.

    1927; 1931; 1936

  • Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge., 1927–1936

    Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.

    1927; 1931; 1936

  • Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge., 1927–1936

    Bridges - Queensboro [Queensborough] Bridge.

    1927; 1931; 1936

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street (East)

    1936

  • York Avenue - 64th Street, southwest corner -, 1940-09-29

    York Avenue - 64th Street, southwest corner -

    1940-09-29

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street (East), 1940

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street (East)

    1940

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Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street, 1922

Photo 1 of 13 at York Avenue & 64th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: York Avenue - 64th Street

1922

York Ave., at the N.E. corner of 64th Street, showing several of the building's comprising the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Under the present organizations the departments maintained are: Pathology, Bacteriology, Physical and Pathological Chemistry, Physiology, comparative Zoology, Pharmacology and experimental Therapeutics. It co-operates with many other bodies in practical investigation. A hospital under the direction of the Institute is maintained where the different diseases that effect mankind are given closest scientific study. About 1922. Ewing Galloway.

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