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Bowery & Hester Street, Manhattan

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

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  • Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street, 1927–1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street

    1927; 1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street, 1927–1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street

    1927; 1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street, 1934

    Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street, 1939

    Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street, 1927–1934

Photo 2 of 6 at Bowery & Hester Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Bowery - Hester Street

1927; 1934

(1) Bowery, west side, north from but not including Hester Street. The view shows the Grand Street Station of the Third Ave., Elevated. May 9, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a front view of Nos. 104-106 Bowery, west side, between Hester and Grand Streets. August 2, 1927. P. L. Sperr.

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