1916-1922

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street

501-495 and 491-487 Fifth Ave. (foreground) at and adjoining the S.E. corner of East 42nd Street (left) and showing the site for the new 21-story Bankers Trust Co. Building (No. 501-495) being cleared. In addition, this view includes Nos. 12 to 26 East 42nd Street (left); a row of narrow frontage edifices, located on the south side, between Fifth and Madison Aves. This set consists of a negative and a positive. Between 1916 and 1922. F. M. Demarest. Gift of Albert A. Volk Co.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection