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12th Avenue & 42nd Street, Manhattan

28 historical photos taken here between 1924 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1924–1931

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1924; 1931

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1924–1931

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1924; 1931

  • North (Hudson) River - Piers 83 of the New York Central Railroad and 84 of the North German Lloyd., 1925

    North (Hudson) River - Piers 83 of the New York Central Railroad and 84 of the North German Lloyd.

    1925

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1929–1933

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929; 1930; 1933

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1929–1933

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929; 1930; 1933

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1929–1933

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1929; 1930; 1933

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue, 1931–1934

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

    1931; 1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1931

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1931

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue, 1931–1934

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

    1931; 1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue, 1931–1934

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

    1931; 1933; 1934

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue, 1933

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

    1933

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1934–1939

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1934; 1939

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1934–1939

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1934; 1939

  • Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1934–1939

    Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1934; 1939

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 12th Avenue, 1935

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 12th Avenue

    1935

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue

    1937

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue, 1939–1940

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 12th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 12th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 12th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 12th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue, 1940

    Manhattan: 42nd Street (East) - 12th Avenue

    1940

  • Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

    Manhattan: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

    Unknown

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Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1931

Photo 12 of 28 at 12th Avenue & 42nd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 12th Avenue - 42nd Street

1931

Twelfth Avenue, east side, north from West 42nd Street. View 2 details the billboard frontage extending from 42nd to 43rd Street's. Note the absence of the elevated West Side Vehicular Highway. April 8, 1931 No's. 1-2 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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