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5th Avenue & 96th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 96th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 96th Street

    1930

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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 96th Street, 1930

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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 96th Street

1930

Fifth Ave., east side, from and including 96th to but not including 97th Streets. About 1930. Collins.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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