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York Avenue & 66th Street, Manhattan

9 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1933, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 66th Street (East) - York Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 66th Street (East) - York Avenue

    1920

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street, 1928–1933

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street

    1928; 1933

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street, 1928–1933

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street

    1928; 1933

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street

    1931

  • East 66th Street - York Avenue, 1931

    East 66th Street - York Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street

    1933

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Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street, 1930

Photo 5 of 9 at York Avenue & 66th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: York Avenue - 66th Street

1930

Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, east of York Avenue at 66th Street, showing the original laboratory (to the left) dedicated May 11, 1906, the little Isolation Building, and the Main Hospital (erected around 1910). In the right background part of the Queensboro Bridge can be seen. The Avenue of trees leading up to the old laboratory follows the line of 66th Street, which at this point roughly corresponds to the old Schermerhorn Lane. The Rockefeller Institute was incorporated in 1901, and bought the old Schermerhorn property shown in this picture. July 31, 1930. P. L. Sperr.

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