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1932; 1940
General view - Midtown Manhattan - [East 50s.]
General View Midtown Manhattan, East 50's: Looking west from Second Avenue "El" at 50th Street, showing the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (left) and the General "Electric" building (right). In the center background is the RCA Building under construction. View 2 is north along Lexington Avenue(center) from the Chanin Building showing once more the Waldorf-Astoria and General Electric Buildings. P. L. Sperr View 1: December 1, 1932 View 2: July 2, 1940
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
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