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65 West 39th Street
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Steam + Felt = Hats, March 1, 1938. The occupants of the upper floors of this building are hat manufacturers. The construction and finishing of felt hats (the material in style for hat making in the 1930s) involved massive amounts of steam to mold and shape the products. Surrounded by the garment district (then covering 34th to 40th Streets between Sixth and Ninth Avenue) and the fur district, the millinery district covered a smaller footprint than the others. In fact, in the early mid century more than 15% of the country's (not city, but the whole country's) output of hats was manufactured in this building captured by Berenice Abbott in 1938.
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65 West 39th Street
65 West 39th Street
\[65 West 39th Street. Steam coming out of a hat factory.]
61-65 West 39th Street
61-65 West 39th Street. Office building.
1040 Sixth Avenue
\[The Merchants Bank of New York, 1040 Avenue of the Americas.]
65 West 39th Street
General view - \[Manhattan - 39th Street (West) - 6th Avenue.] 65 W. 39th Street, at the N. E. corner of Sixth Avenue, (general View westward). A set of two views towards and aoross Broadway at 39th Street, showing there an excavation for the 33 story Bricken-Casino Building (No. 1410 Broadway) and low structures opposite. Beyond the latter appear structures on Seventh Avernue, the three in the center being, the 43 story Navarre Building (No. 508 Seventh Avenue), the 22 story Fashion Center Building (rear view, No. 521'Seventh Avenue), and the 300 story structure, No. 528 Seventh Avenue. To the right foreground and with tower atop, is the 23 story, Lefcourt Manhattan Building (No. 1412 Broadway).
65 West 39th Street
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 39th Street (1) Sixth Ave. at the S.W. corner of 39th Street. July 10, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (2) Sixth Ave. at the S.W. corner of 39th Street. May 23, 1929. P. L. Sperr. S.la ~ i6 (3) The same as No. 1. July 4, 1928.
65 West 39th Street
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 39th Street (1) Sixth Ave. at the S.W. corner of 39th Street. July 10, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (2) Sixth Ave. at the S.W. corner of 39th Street. May 23, 1929. P. L. Sperr. S.la ~ i6 (3) The same as No. 1. July 4, 1928.
65 West 39th Street
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 38th Street (West) Sixth Avenue, west side, south from West 39th (right) to 38th (left) Streets, showing a station of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Line at the latter point. At the right appears the Princess Theatre and which became the I.L.O.W.M's Labor Stage, to show the labor travesty "Pins and Needles." The photographer's vantage point is the left structure, No. 65 West 39th Street, located at the N. E. corner of Sixth Avenue. For other general views of this area see items listed under that address. View 2 is from the street level and shows the details of buildings forming this blockfront. View 1: February 28, 1930 P. L. Sperr View 2: June 1938 George D. Chion
65 West 39th Street
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 38th Street (West) Sixth Avenue, west side, south from West 39th (right) to 38th (left) Streets, showing a station of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Line at the latter point. At the right appears the Princess Theatre and which became the I.L.O.W.M's Labor Stage, to show the labor travesty "Pins and Needles." The photographer's vantage point is the left structure, No. 65 West 39th Street, located at the N. E. corner of Sixth Avenue. For other general views of this area see items listed under that address. View 2 is from the street level and shows the details of buildings forming this blockfront. View 1: February 28, 1930 P. L. Sperr View 2: June 1938 George D. Chion
65 West 39th Street
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 39th Street (1) Sixth Ave. at the S.W. corner of 39th Street. July 10, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (2) Sixth Ave. at the S.W. corner of 39th Street. May 23, 1929. P. L. Sperr. S.la ~ i6 (3) The same as No. 1. July 4, 1928.
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