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Water Street & Gouverneur Slip, Manhattan

8 historical photos taken here between 1937 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Slip, 1937–1939

    Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Slip

    1937; 1939

  • Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Slip, 1937–1939

    Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Slip

    1937; 1939

  • Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street, 1937

    Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street

    1937

  • Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Slip, 1940

    Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Slip

    1940

  • Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Slip, 1940

    Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Slip

    1940

  • Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street, 1942

    Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street

    1942

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Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street, 1937

Photo 5 of 8 at Water Street & Gouverneur Slip, Manhattan

Manhattan: Water Street - Gouverneur Street

1937

(1) 612-602 Water Street, north side, between Gouverneur and Montgomery Streets. The last building, a tenement house, is No. 79 Montgomery Street. March 23, 1937. P. L. Sperr. (2) A view of Nos. 606-614, as viewed in the opposite direction. March 23, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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