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Boston Road & East 179th Street, Bronx

2 historical photos taken here between 1902 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Bronx: Boston Road - 179th Street (West), 1925

    Bronx: Boston Road - 179th Street (West)

    1925

  • Bronx: Boston Road - 179th Street (East), 1902–1932

    Bronx: Boston Road - 179th Street (East)

    1902; 1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Boston Road - 179th Street (East), 1902–1932

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Bronx: Boston Road - 179th Street (East)

1902; 1932

2064 Boston Road, at the N.E. corner of East 179th Street, showing the Peabody Home for Aged Women. It stands on the site of "Uncle Daniel Mape's Temperance House." The house was razed and on its site appears (G.W. Bromley map of 1924 as revised to September 1932) a 3-story brick building, occupied by the Institute for Negro Protestant Children. 1902. Gift of Randall Comfort.

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