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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

1940

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 41st Street

Fifth Avenue, west side, at 41st Street, showing the north unit of the pair, "Leo dormant," that guard the New York Public Library esplanade entrance. This photo taken the morning after a snowstorm. February 16, 1940, Nathan Schwartz New York Public Library Photostat Division

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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