Manhattan: Broadway - 47th Street

1936

Manhattan: Broadway - 47th Street

(1 & 2) Broadway, east side, south from West 47th Street, and showing the easterly portion of an area known as Times Square; a name received from the proximity of the Times Building, which appears in the center of this view. On the left is the Palace Theatre entrance, at No. 1564. This set consists of a negative and a positive. 1936. W.P.A. Photo. Ng 7i (3 & 4) A detail of same in the opposite direction and showing the entrance to Loew's State Theatre at No. 1538 Broadway. This set also consists of a negative and a positive. 1936. W.P.A. Photo. No4S Neg 042

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection