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Bronxwood Avenue & Astor Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Bronxwood Avenue - Astor Avenue, 1937

    Bronx: Bronxwood Avenue - Astor Avenue

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Bronxwood Avenue - Astor Avenue, 1937

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Bronx: Bronxwood Avenue - Astor Avenue

1937

Bronxwood Avenue, south from Astor Avenue, showing a W.P.A. highway project. January 6, 1937 W.P.A. Photo Five Boroughs Project

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