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Monroe Street & Corlears Street, Manhattan

3 historical photos taken here between 1937 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Corlears Street - Monroe Street., 1937

    Manhattan: Corlears Street - Monroe Street.

    1937

  • Manhattan: Monroe Street - Corlears Street, 1939

    Manhattan: Monroe Street - Corlears Street

    1939

  • Manhattan: Monroe Street - Corlears Street, 1939

    Manhattan: Monroe Street - Corlears Street

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Corlears Street - Monroe Street., 1937

Photo 1 of 3 at Monroe Street & Corlears Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: Corlears Street - Monroe Street.

1937

Corlears Street, at the N.W. corner of Monroe Street, showing the 2 story structure listed as the New York Railways Company. March 4, 1937 Berenice Abbott, photo Federal Art Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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