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West 49th Street & 5th Avenue, Manhattan

82 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1900

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1900

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1905

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1905

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1905

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1905

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1908

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1908

  • No. 604 Miss. Russell Sage - West 49th St. - Frederick Flower - No. 618 Equitable Trust Co.], 1911

    No. 604 Miss. Russell Sage - West 49th St. - Frederick Flower - No. 618 Equitable Trust Co.]

    1911

  • No. 507 Mrs. C.H. Gardner - East 49th St. - Belgravia Apartments - No. 621 Buckingham Hotel - St. Patrick's Cathedral.], 1911

    No. 507 Mrs. C.H. Gardner - East 49th St. - Belgravia Apartments - No. 621 Buckingham Hotel - St. Patrick's Cathedral.]

    1911

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1912

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1912

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1918

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1918

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1922

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1922

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1923

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1923

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1923

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1923

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Murphy Funeral., 1924-04

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Murphy Funeral.

    1924-04

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Murphy Funeral., 1924-04

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Murphy Funeral.

    1924-04

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1924

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1924

  • Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Murphy Funeral., 1924-04

    Celebrations - Parades - Municipal events - Murphy Funeral.

    1924-04

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1925

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1925

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1928–1929

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1928; 1929

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1928–1929

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1928; 1929

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1930–1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1930; 1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1930–1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1930; 1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1930–1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1930; 1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • General view - 5th Avenue., 1931

    General view - 5th Avenue.

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1932

  • 608 Fifth Avenue - West 49th Street, 1932

    608 Fifth Avenue - West 49th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street (West), 1932

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • 608 Fifth Avenue - West 49th Street, 1932

    608 Fifth Avenue - West 49th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1933

  • Fifth Avenue #608 - 49th Street

    1935-10-01

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street (West)

    1936

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1936

  • General view - [Midtown Manhattan - Rockefeller Plaza from R.C.A. Building.]

    1937

  • General view - [Midtown Manhattan - Rockefeller Plaza from R.C.A. Building.]

    1937

  • Manhattan: Rockefeller Promenade - 5th Avenue (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 49th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

    1938

  • 12 East 49th Street (Madison Avenue - Fifth Avenue)

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue #608 - 49th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    Unknown

  • Fifth Avenue #608 - 49th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    Unknown

  • 608 Fifth Avenue - West 49th Street

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 49th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue, 1928–1929

Photo 22 of 82 at West 49th Street & 5th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: 49th Street - 5th Avenue

1928; 1929

(1) 49th Street, west from Fifth Avenue, showing the houses along "Speakeasy Row." During prohibition, most of these houses were illegal saloons. One resident in this neighborhood was compelled to place over his doorbell a card reading "Private House," to avoid being awakened at any hour by thirsty revelers. All of these houses are now gone, and the site occupied by Rockefeller Centre. August 18, 1929. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a year earlier, and not including Fifth Avenue. May 6, 1928. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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