Shoppers on Sixth Avenue, New York City

Shoppers on 6th Avenue, New York City. The Sixth Avenue Elevated is on the left. The Siegel Cooper Company, between West 18th and 19th streets, is on the right. Photograph by Detroit Publishing Co., 1903. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

After the 1870s, many department stores moved to Broadway and Sixth Avenue, between 14th and 23rd streets. The area became a great shopping center.