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Boston Road & Union Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Boston Road - Union Avenue, 1916

    Bronx: Boston Road - Union Avenue

    1916

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Boston Road - Union Avenue, 1916

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Bronx: Boston Road - Union Avenue

1916

1320 Boston Road, east side, adjoining its junction with Union Ave., showing a 1-story brick building, half of which is occupied by one of the branch stores of James Butler. About 1916.

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