West Side YMCA photographs. 1930s-1960s.

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West Side YMCA photographs. 1930s-1960s.

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Collected photographs, mostly black and white, from the West Side Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York. Now located on West 63rd Street, the West Side YMCA has operated a residential program from its opening in 1896 on West 57th Street. Many of the images were taken by commercial photographers such as Herbert-Spencer, Inc., Roy Pinney, Samuel H. Gottsho, Brown Brothers, D. Richard Statile and others.

2.5 cubic feet (5 boxes)

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. [ymca]

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