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Canal Street & Broadway, Manhattan

18 historical photos taken here between 1836 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Broadway - Canal Street, 1836

    Manhattan: Broadway - Canal Street

    1836

  • Manhattan: Broadway - Canal Street, 1880

    Manhattan: Broadway - Canal Street

    1880

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1904

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1904

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1923

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1923

  • Manhattan: New Chambers Street - Roosevelt Street, 1927

    Manhattan: New Chambers Street - Roosevelt Street

    1927

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1928

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1928

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1928

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1928

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1928

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1928

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1928

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1928

  • Manhattan: Broadway - Canal Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Broadway - Canal Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: New Chambers Street - Roosevelt Street, 1930

    Manhattan: New Chambers Street - Roosevelt Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1933

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1933

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1936

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1936

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1937

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1937

  • Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway, 1937

    Manhattan: Canal Street - Broadway

    1937

  • Manhattan: Lispenard Street - Broadway (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Lispenard Street - Broadway (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Lispenard Street - Broadway (West), 1938

    Manhattan: Lispenard Street - Broadway (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: Broadway - Canal Street

    Manhattan: Broadway - Canal Street

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Lispenard Street - Broadway (West), 1938

Photo 17 of 18 at Canal Street & Broadway, Manhattan

Manhattan: Lispenard Street - Broadway (West)

1938

NOS. 1 to 9 Lispenard Street, at, adjoining and east of the N.E. corner of West Broadway (left, Sixth Ave. Elevated line thereon), as viewed northward from Sixth Ave. Extension (foreground). At the extreme right margin is a portion of the New York Telephone Building. May 1, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

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