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9th Avenue & West 215th Street, Manhattan

2 historical photos taken here in 1933, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 215th Street (West) - 9th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 215th Street (West) - 9th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 215th Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 215th Street (West)

    1933

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 215th Street (West), 1933

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Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 215th Street (West)

1933

Ninth Ave., at the N.E. corner of West 216th Street, showing the former power plant, used by George Grey Barnard as a studio. Photographers vantage point is at the N.W. corner of Ninth Ave. and West 215th Street. June 8, 1933. P. L. Sperr.

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