Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 40th Street

Fifth Avenue, at the S. W. corner of West 42nd Street, showing details of the New York Public Library plaza at this point. Buildings in the background are on the east side of the Avenue extending from 41st (left) to 39th (right) St's. 40th Street is just behind the feminine figure shown.
About 1914
New York Edison Co., photo:
Gift of Gress (21 Nov. 1935)