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Seventh Avenue: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 1:19am.
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New York, November 1936. "Street scene at 38th Street and Seventh Avenue." View full size. 35mm negative by Russell Lee -- Resettlement Administration.
498 Seventh Avenue
Submitted by Arnold Friedlander on Thu, 11/13/2008 - 1:40pm.
Me too. I worked there during the fifties after school and during the summer. Kirt Shadoff was my uncle and Henry's brother-in-law. Tell me more.
-- Arnold
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My Uncle also...
Submitted by Joel Rosenfeld on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 8:16pm.
I worked for him and also lived with him at 80 Park Avenue and 50 Sutton Place and married one of his models.
Uncle Henry
Submitted by lshadoff on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 1:08pm.
My uncle Henry Rosenfeld had a dress manufacturing company at 498 Seventh Avenue, between 36th and 37th streets (just a block away from this photo). I worked summers there in the mid 1950s while in high school.
Nothing to Fear
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 6:15am.
Frank E. Roosevelt says things are gonna get better.
-- Addie Pray, "Paper Moon"
The guy in the middle
Submitted by Convict13 on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 1:31am.
reminds me of Al Pacino. He's all attitude.
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