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A search in the NY Times archives found that the wife of the late Adolph A Edlich, Bertha Edlich, died on Feb 26, 1948. A child, Adolph A. Edlich of 327 East 27th Street died at the age of 3. I can't verify if this is the same family of Adolph A. Edlich who had this pharmacy on the corner.

I'm not 100% certain, but this may be 50th Street and First Avenue in New York City. The gabled building in the distance looks a lot like 931 First Avenue a.k.a. the United Nations School a.k.a. Public School 135 a.k.a. Public School 35, originally built in 1892. This building was recently been redeveloped into the the Beekman Regent, so some of its architectural features have been removed. And just as in the photo, there's an address with an 891 only a block away from it.

November 8 - November 11, 1911 New York City Garbage Strike

Uh-uh: the date on seven of Bain's photos is November 13, 1911.

Thanks for your comments! We'll include the additional information about the strike and date next time we update the record.

The highest-resolution version of the photo available on the LOC website shows that this photo was taken on East 57th Street in Manhattan. It's not exactly clear what cross-street it is, though: it could be 2nd Avenue, because the block on 2nd Ave. between 57th and 58th currently has a reasonably well-preserved set of townhouses similar to the ones in the photo (though the corner now has a McDonald's).

November 8 - November 11, 1911 New York City Garbage Strike

epicharmus: thanks for the close looking that revealed the street address. we'll update the source description and reload.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Brick Streets, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Other Bain/LOC photos of the 1911 New York City garbage strike:

This looks like East 14th Street in Manhattan with the Dewey Theatre visible. cinematreasures.org/theater/21704/

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Police History, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Thanks for adding this to the Police History Group -- Seen in Police History (?)

November 8 - November 11, 1911 New York City Garbage Strike

Italiangerry: Thanks for spotting the theater name; the Dewey makes sense, since City Theatre is across the street. ParkerMulligan: Thanks for connecting this photo and the 6 others in the series to the specific garbage strike and date span.