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Manhattan in the 1930s: These Stunning Vintage Photos Will Take You Back to Old Manhattan, NYC

Manhattan is one of the five Boroughs of New York City, made up of Manhattan Island and bounded by rivers. It is the cultural, financial, media, governmental, and retail center of New York City. The area that is now Manhattan was long inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans.

At the turn of the 20th century the New York City Subway and bridges to Brooklyn, bind the Manhattan with the other areas of NYC. In the 1920s, a large number of African-Americans arrived in Manhattan as part of the Great Migration from the southern United States.

Here below are some stunning vintage photos that show what Manhattan looked like in the 1930s. Also, check vintage photos of Brooklyn and Queens.

#2 Church of God, 25 East 132nd Street, Manhattan, 1936

#4 Madison Square, looking northeast, Manhattan, March 20, 1936

#5 Broadway and Thomas Street, Manhattan, March 06, 1936

#6 City Vista, West Street, looking east, Manhattan, August 12, 1938

#7 Downtown Skyport, Pier 11, East River, Manhattan, August 12, 1936

#8 Lyric Theatre, Third Avenue between 12th and 13th street, April 24, 1936

#9 McSorley’s Ale House, 15 East 7th Street, Manhattan, 1937

#10 Radio Row, Cortlandt Street, Manhattan, April 08, 1936

#12 Unemployed and huts, Mercer Street, Manhattan, October 25, 1935

#13 28th Street looking east from Second Avenue, Mnhattan, April 1931

#15 Herald Square, 34th and Broadway, Manhattan, July 16, 1936

#16 Hot dog stand, West St. and North Moore, Manhattan, April 08, 1936

#18 Union Square, 14th Street and Broadway, Manhattan, 1936

#20 Broad Street looking toward Wall Street, Manhattan, July 16, 1936

#21 Ferry, Chambers Street, Manhattan, April 09, 1936

#23 Midtown Manhattan view from McGraw-Hill building, October 9, 1931

#25 Newsstand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue, November 19, 1935

#26 Oak and New Chambers Streets, Manhattan, October 28, 1935

#28 Pier 11 or 12, East River, Manhattan, April 09, 1936

#30 Pike and Henry Streets, Manhattan, March 06, 1936

#31 Seventh Avenue looking south from 35th Street, Manhattan, December 05, 1935

#32 South Street and Jones Lane, Manhattan, March 26, 1936

#33 The New York Central Building at center, 230 Park Avenue – East 45th Street

#34 Tri-boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, Manhattan, October 24, 1935

#36 Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan, October 03, 1935

#37 Broadway near Broome Street, Manhattan, October 07, 1935

#39 Department of Docks and police station, Pier A, North River, Manhattan, May 05, 1936

#40 Fulton Street fish market, Manhattan, June 18, 1936

#41 Huts and unemployed, West Houston and Mercer Street, October 25, 1935

#46 Grand Opera House, northwest corner, West 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, September 03, 1937

#50 Waterfront, South Street, Manhattan, October 15, 1935

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