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8th Avenue & West 12th Street, Manhattan

15 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street, 1929

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: 12th Street - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 12th Street - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 12th Street - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 12th Street - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1930

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1930

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1930

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1930

  • Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1931–1933

    Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1931; 1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West), 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street (West)

    1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street, 1933

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 12th Street

    1933

  • Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue, 1929

Photo 4 of 15 at 8th Avenue & West 12th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 12th Street (West) - 8th Avenue

1929

303-301 West 12th Street (north side of Abingdon Square), between Eighth Avenue and Hudson Street, the Jeffersonian Club, Regular Democratic Organization, Third Assembly District South. March 8, 1929. P. L. Sperr.

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