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Fifth Avenue: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 10:59am.
Fifth Avenue at 51st Street in New York circa 1913. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
Fifth & 51st
Submitted by new user on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 5:59pm.
If that motor bus is indeed heading to 22nd street it's on the wrong side of the avenue. Downtown (south) traffic would be on the other side.
Mr Mel
[You might want to rethink that. West is to the left, and south (and 22nd Street) is toward the camera. - Dave]
Then and Now
Submitted by shefindsu on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 2:39am.
I wish we could see them altogether side by side for comparison.
Fifth and 51st Then and Now
Submitted by dreimer on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 1:29pm.
I really enjoy looking at the street views from then, and then today. Google's Street View of the same intersection today.
[The Satellite View is also interesting. Stitched together from two shots of wildly differing perspective. - Dave]
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