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12th Avenue & 38th Street, Manhattan

12 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • North (Hudson) River - Pier 78 of the Pennsylvania Railroad., 1927–1932

    North (Hudson) River - Pier 78 of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

    1927; 1931; 1932

  • North (Hudson) River - Pier 78 of the Pennsylvania Railroad., 1927–1932

    North (Hudson) River - Pier 78 of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

    1927; 1931; 1932

  • North (Hudson) River - Pier 78 of the Pennsylvania Railroad., 1927–1932

    North (Hudson) River - Pier 78 of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

    1927; 1931; 1932

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 38th Street - 12th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 38th Street - 12th Avenue

    1929

  • Twelfth Avenue - 38th Street, 1929-03-17

    Twelfth Avenue - 38th Street

    1929-03-17

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street, 1934

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street, 1939

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street, 1939

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street

    1939

  • 38th Street (West) - Twelfth Avenue, northeast corner -, 1939-10-20

    38th Street (West) - Twelfth Avenue, northeast corner -

    1939-10-20

  • 38th Street (West) - Twelfth Avenue looking east, 1939-10-20

    38th Street (West) - Twelfth Avenue looking east

    1939-10-20

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street, 1939

Photo 10 of 12 at 12th Avenue & 38th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 38th Street

1939

Twelfth Avenue, east side, at West 38th Street, showing the New York Central Railroad yards at this location. In the center of these, on the west side of Eleventh Avenue, is the distinctive ventilator building of the Lincoln Tunnel under the North (Hudson) River. The vague online of the Empire State Building appears in the background. The photographer is viewing eastward. October 20, 1939. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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