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3rd Avenue & East 171st Street, Bronx

2 historical photos taken here between 1889 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Bronx: 3rd Avenue - 171st Street (East), 1889

    Bronx: 3rd Avenue - 171st Street (East)

    1889

  • Bronx: 3rd Avenue - 171st Street (East), 1898–1932

    Bronx: 3rd Avenue - 171st Street (East)

    1898; 1932

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Bronx: 3rd Avenue - 171st Street (East), 1898–1932

Photo 2 of 2 at 3rd Avenue & East 171st Street, Bronx

Bronx: 3rd Avenue - 171st Street (East)

1898; 1932

3807 to 3811 Third Ave., north of the N.W. corner of East 171st Street, showing the Bathgate House. The G.W. Bromley map of 1924 as revised to September 1932 shows the site to be occupied by two 5-story and one 1-story brick buildings. 1898. Gift of Randall Comfort.

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