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Chrystie Street & Grand Street, Manhattan

22 historical photos taken here between 1885 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1885

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1885

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1929–1930

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1929; 1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1929–1930

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1929; 1930

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1929

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street, 1930

    Manhattan: Chrystie Street - Grand Street

    1930

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1931–1932

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1931; 1932

  • Social conditions - Bread lines [for the unemployed and needy.], 1931

    Social conditions - Bread lines [for the unemployed and needy.]

    1931

  • Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street, 1931–1932

    Manhattan: Grand Street - Chrystie Street

    1931; 1932

  • Social conditions - Bread lines [for the unemployed and needy.], 1931

    Social conditions - Bread lines [for the unemployed and needy.]

    1931

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Social conditions - Bread lines [for the unemployed and needy.], 1931

Photo 22 of 22 at Chrystie Street & Grand Street, Manhattan

Social conditions - Bread lines [for the unemployed and needy.]

1931

(1) A bread-line for the unemployed and needy, during the period of the depression. This distribution center is at Grand and Chrystie Streets. January 16, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a closer view. January 16, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

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