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Convent Avenue & West 129th Street, Manhattan

5 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • St. Agnes Apartments. Block Front, Convent Avenue, 129th Street to 130th Street., 1910-03

    St. Agnes Apartments. Block Front, Convent Avenue, 129th Street to 130th Street.

    1910-03

  • Manhattan: Convent Avenue - 129th Street (West), 1932

    Manhattan: Convent Avenue - 129th Street (West)

    1932

  • Manhattan: 128th Street (West) - Convent Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 128th Street (West) - Convent Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 128th Street (West) - Convent Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 128th Street (West) - Convent Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 128th Street (West) - Convent Avenue, 1938

    Manhattan: 128th Street (West) - Convent Avenue

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Convent Avenue - 129th Street (West), 1932

Photo 2 of 5 at Convent Avenue & West 129th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Convent Avenue - 129th Street (West)

1932

Convent Avenue, at the northwest corner of West 129th Street, showing the school of the convent of the Sacred Heart. George L. Balgue April, 1932

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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