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Carpenter Avenue & East 222nd Street, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Carpenter Avenue - 222nd Street (East), 1937

    Bronx: Carpenter Avenue - 222nd Street (East)

    1937

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Bronx: Carpenter Avenue - 222nd Street (East), 1937

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Bronx: Carpenter Avenue - 222nd Street (East)

1937

Carpenter Avenue, west side, at E. 222nd Street, showing the concrete wall erected by the W.P.A. October 11, 1937 W.P.A. Photo Five Boroughs Project

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