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East 137th Street & Willis Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: 137th Street (East) - Willis Avenue, 1914

    Bronx: 137th Street (East) - Willis Avenue

    1914

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: 137th Street (East) - Willis Avenue, 1914

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Bronx: 137th Street (East) - Willis Avenue

1914

455 to 469 (left to right) East 137th Street, north side, between Willis Ave. and Brown Place. About 1914.

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