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7th Avenue & West 12th Street, Manhattan

55 historical photos taken here between 1908 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street, 1908

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street

    1908

  • Manhattan: 11th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1914

    Manhattan: 11th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1914

  • Seventh Avenue - 11th Street (West), 1918-01-03

    Seventh Avenue - 11th Street (West)

    1918-01-03

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1923–1940

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1923; 1940

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1923–1940

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1923; 1940

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street, 1925

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street

    1925

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1928–1930

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1928; 1930

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1928–1930

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1928; 1930

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1928–1930

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1928; 1930

  • Manhattan: Bank Street - Greenwich Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: Bank Street - Greenwich Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Avenue - 11th Street (West), 1930–1938

    Manhattan: Greenwich Avenue - 11th Street (West)

    1930; 1938

  • Manhattan: Greenwich Avenue - 11th Street (West), 1930–1938

    Manhattan: Greenwich Avenue - 11th Street (West)

    1930; 1938

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 11th Street, 1930

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 11th Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1931–1932

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1931; 1932

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue South - 11th Street, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue South - 11th Street

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1931–1932

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1931; 1932

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1931–1932

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1931; 1932

  • Manhattan: 12th Street - 7th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 12th Street - 7th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1931–1939

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1931; 1939

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue South - 11th Street, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue South - 11th Street

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1931–1939

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1931; 1939

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - Greenwich Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - Greenwich Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 11th Street (West) - 7th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 11th Street (West) - 7th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - Greenwich Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - Greenwich Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - Greenwich Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - Greenwich Avenue

    1933

  • Occupations - Peddlers - Books - Newspapers - Periodicals -Stationery., 1933

    Occupations - Peddlers - Books - Newspapers - Periodicals -Stationery.

    1933

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1935

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1935

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1935

    Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1935

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1935

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West) - [Rhinelander Row.]

    1936; 1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street.

    1936

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West).

    1936; 1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West).

    1936

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West) - [Rhinelander Row.]

    1936; 1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West) - [Rhinelander Row.]

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 11th Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 11th Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 11th Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West) - [Rhinelander Row.]

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1937

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1938

  • Manhattan: 11th Street - 7th Avenue

    1942

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Seventh Avenue - 11th Street (West), 1918-01-03

Photo 3 of 55 at 7th Avenue & West 12th Street, Manhattan

Seventh Avenue - 11th Street (West)

1918-01-03

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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