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139th Street & Brook Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: 139th Street - Brook Avenue, 1936

    Bronx: 139th Street - Brook Avenue

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: 139th Street - Brook Avenue, 1936

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Bronx: 139th Street - Brook Avenue

1936

East 139th Street, west from and including Brook Ave., showing W.P.A. men working on a sewer project. Slightly west of the S.W. corner of Brook Ave. is visible Public School No. 9, and in the background appears part of the Third Ave. elevated line running between Willis and Alexander Aves. September 3, 1936. Works Progress Administration. Federal Art Project.

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