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2nd Avenue & 61st Street, Manhattan

15 historical photos taken here between 1905 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: 62nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1905

    Manhattan: 62nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1905

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 62nd Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 62nd Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 62nd Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 62nd Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 62nd Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 62nd Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street, 1919

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street

    1919

  • Manhattan: 61st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1927

    Manhattan: 61st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1927

  • Manhattan: 62nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 62nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 62nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1930

    Manhattan: 62nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1930

  • Manhattan: 61st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 61st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 62nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1934

    Manhattan: 62nd Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

    1934

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street

    1941

  • Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 61st Street

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 61st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue, 1927

Photo 9 of 15 at 2nd Avenue & 61st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan: 61st Street (East) - 2nd Avenue

1927

219-235 East 61st Street, north side, between Second and Third avenues, showing the Peoples Methodist Episcopal Church. The Methodist Church will move out of the building between 1930 and 1934. September 15, 1927. P. L. Sperr.

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