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72nd Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

20 historical photos taken here between 1905 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 73rd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1905

    Manhattan: 73rd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1905

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1927–1938

    Manhattan: 72nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1927; 1929; 1938

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1927–1938

    Manhattan: 72nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1927; 1929; 1938

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1927–1938

    Manhattan: 72nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1927; 1929; 1938

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue, 1928–1937

    Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue

    1928; 1937

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue, 1928–1937

    Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue

    1928; 1937

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 73rd Street (East), 1936

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 73rd Street (East)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street (East), 1940

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street (East)

    1940

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street (East), 1940

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street (East)

    1940

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue, 1940–1941

    Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue

    1940; 1941

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue, 1940–1941

    Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue

    1940; 1941

  • Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue, 1940–1941

    Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue

    1940; 1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street

    1941

  • 2nd Avenue at 72nd Street and , East side to , Manhattan, 1941-03-06

    2nd Avenue at 72nd Street and , East side to , Manhattan

    1941-03-06

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 72nd Street

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue, 1931

Photo 8 of 20 at 72nd Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 72nd Street - 2nd Avenue

1931

A rear view of 72nd Street, south side, between Third and Second Aves., also showing a large apartment house on the north side of 72nd Street, between Third and Second Aves., seen over the roofs of 72nd Street. June 27, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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