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6th Avenue & West 50th Street, Manhattan

60 historical photos taken here between 1926 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1926–1934

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1926; 1927; 1934

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1926–1934

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1926; 1927; 1934

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1926–1934

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1926; 1927; 1934

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1928–1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1928; 1931

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1928–1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1928; 1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1928–1941

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1928; 1941

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1928–1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1928; 1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street - 6th Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 50th Street - 6th Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street - 6th Avenue, 1931–1932

    Manhattan: 50th Street - 6th Avenue

    1931; 1932

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street - 6th Avenue, 1931–1932

    Manhattan: 50th Street - 6th Avenue

    1931; 1932

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue, 1931

    Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West), 1931

    Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1931

  • Manhattan: 50th Street - 6th Avenue

    1931; 1932

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1931

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1932; 1933

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Sixth Avenue - West 50th Street

    1932-02-16

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1932

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1932; 1933

  • 1260 Sixth Avenue - West 50th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1932; 1933

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - [6th Avenue.]

    1933

  • 1260 Sixth Avenue - West 50th Street

    1934

  • 1260 Sixth Avenue - West 50th Street

    1934

  • 1260 Sixth Avenue - West 50th Street

    1934

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1936

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1938

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - W. 50th Street.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - W. 50th Street.

    1939

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 50th Street (West)

    1939

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1941

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1941

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1941

  • Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - 6th Avenue

    1941

  • 1260 Sixth Avenue - West 50th Street

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - [6th Avenue.], 1933

Photo 42 of 60 at 6th Avenue & West 50th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 50th Street (West) - [6th Avenue.]

1933

Rockefeller Plaza: Structural detail of the R.K.O. Bldg. and the rock supporting West 50th Street, as viewed from the excavation for the dominant R.C.A. Bldg. 1933 Bernice Abbott

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