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Avenue C & 16th Street, Manhattan

2 historical photos taken here between 1919 and 1926, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Avenue C - 16th Street, 1919

    Manhattan: Avenue C - 16th Street

    1919

  • East River - Shore and skyline of lower Manhattan - South Ferry - Williamsburg Bridge - [Moore and McCormick piers.], 1926

    East River - Shore and skyline of lower Manhattan - South Ferry - Williamsburg Bridge - [Moore and McCormick piers.]

    1926

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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East River - Shore and skyline of lower Manhattan - South Ferry - Williamsburg Bridge - [Moore and McCormick piers.], 1926

Photo 2 of 2 at Avenue C & 16th Street, Manhattan

East River - Shore and skyline of lower Manhattan - South Ferry - Williamsburg Bridge - [Moore and McCormick piers.]

1926

East River, shoreline, north from East 17th (left) to East 19th Streets, showing the Moore and McCormack pier at the foot of East 18th Street (no number) and barges docked off Marginal Street, between East 18th and East 19th Streets. Also shown (extreme left) is the central motors repair shop of the Department of Plants and Structures on the east side of Ave. C from East 16th to East 17th Streets. August 31, 1926. P. L. Sperr.

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