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5th Avenue & 23rd Street, Manhattan

110 historical photos taken here between 1860 and 1948, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, 1860

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1860

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, 1860

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1860

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, ca. 1860

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    ca. 1860

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - [Between 23rd and 24th Streets], 1875

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - [Between 23rd and 24th Streets]

    1875

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, ca. 1879

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    ca. 1879

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, 1879–1899

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1879; 1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1880–1908

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1880; 1908

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street (West), 1880–1908

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street (West)

    1880; 1908

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 5th Avenue, 1880

    Manhattan: Broadway - 5th Avenue

    1880

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - Broadway, 1884

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - Broadway

    1884

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1885

    Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1885

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, 1885

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1885

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, 1886

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1886

  • Celebrations - Washington Inaugural Centennial., 1889-04

    Celebrations - Washington Inaugural Centennial.

    1889-04

  • Celebrations - [Triumphal Arch for Washington Inaugural Centennial Celebration.], 1889-04

    Celebrations - [Triumphal Arch for Washington Inaugural Centennial Celebration.]

    1889-04

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, 1889

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1889

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 24th Street (West), 1890

    Manhattan: Broadway - 24th Street (West)

    1890

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 24th Street, 1890

    Manhattan: Broadway - 24th Street

    1890

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 5th Avenue, 1893

    Manhattan: Broadway - 5th Avenue

    1893

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - Broadway, 1893

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - Broadway

    1893

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade., 1894-05-30

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade.

    1894-05-30

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade., 1894-05-30

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade.

    1894-05-30

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade., 1894-05-30

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade.

    1894-05-30

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade., 1894-05-30

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade.

    1894-05-30

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, 1894

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1894

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade., 1894-05-30

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Decoration Day Parade.

    1894-05-30

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, 1897

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1897

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - The Dewey Arch., 1898

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - The Dewey Arch.

    1898

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - The Dewey Arch., 1898

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - The Dewey Arch.

    1898

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - The Dewey Arch., 1898

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - The Dewey Arch.

    1898

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - The Dewey Arch.

    1898

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1898

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1899

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 24th Street

    1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1899

  • Manhattan: Madison Square

    1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1899

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - The Dewey Arch.

    1899

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street - 5th Avenue

    1904

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1905; 1925; 1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1905

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1905

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1905; 1925; 1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1905; 1925; 1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1905

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1905; 1925; 1929

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1905

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1907

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1908

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1908

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1909

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1909

  • West 23rd St. - United Cigar Co. - Albemarle Hotel - Hoffman House - No. 202 Berlitz, School of Languages]

    1911

  • Metropolitan Tower - Madison Square Garden - Brunzwick Building, East 26th St.

    1911

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 24th Street (West)

    1911

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - [Between 23rd and 24th Streets]

    1915

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - [23rd Street]

    1915

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street (East)

    1916

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1916

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1917

  • Broadway - 24th Street - 26th Street, east side

    1918-01-06

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 24th Street

    1922

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 24th Street

    1922

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - Broadway

    1924

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1924

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street (East)

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1932

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Communist demonstration, No. 1-3

    1934; 1936

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Communist demonstration, No. 1-3

    1934; 1936

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Communist demonstration, No. 1-3

    1934; 1936

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1936

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1937

  • Police activities - Mounted policeman.

    1938

  • Fifth Avenue #661-63

    1944-12-15

  • Fifth Avenue #661-63

    1944-12-15

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1945

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1945

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street - 5th Avenue

    1945

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1945

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1945

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1945

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1945

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 24th Street

    1945

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    1945

  • Fifth Avenue #536

    1948-11-18

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: Broadway - 24th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street - 5th Avenue

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    Unknown

  • Broadway - 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 23rd Street - 5th Avenue

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue - 23rd Street - 24th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 24th Street (West) - Broadway

    Unknown

  • Broadway - 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    Unknown

  • Broadway - 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - Broadway

    Unknown

  • Parks - Madison Square Park

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street, 1937

Photo 83 of 110 at 5th Avenue & 23rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 23rd Street

1937

Fifth Ave., north from East 23rd Street, showing the western edge of Madison Square Park, as it extends northward to East 26th Street. In the background is visible the Empire State Building, on the west side of Fifth Ave., from West 33rd to West 34th Streets. June 9, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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