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Lower Manhattan, view of Wall Street, circa 1935-1941

WPA photographers captured the intersection of Nassau and Wall streets to illustrate the busy streetscape of lower Manhattan. Federal Writers Project Photographs, NYC Municipal Archives.

Street view of Lower Manhattan showing the intersection of Nassau Street and Wall Street in New York City’s financial district.

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