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Art Deco apartment building, Bronx

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  • Art Deco apartment building; women & baby carriages outside: 1685 Selwyn Av-E 173rd St., Bronx, 1938

    Art Deco apartment building; women & baby carriages outside: 1685 Selwyn Av-E 173rd St., Bronx

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Art Deco apartment building; women & baby carriages outside: 1685 Selwyn Av-E 173rd St., Bronx, 1938

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Art Deco apartment building; women & baby carriages outside: 1685 Selwyn Av-E 173rd St., Bronx

1938

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