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East 172nd Street & Beach Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: 172nd Street (East) - Beach Avenue, 1915

    Bronx: 172nd Street (East) - Beach Avenue

    1915

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Bronx: 172nd Street (East) - Beach Avenue, 1915

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Bronx: 172nd Street (East) - Beach Avenue

1915

East 172nd Street, south side, west from Beach to St. Lawrence Aves., showing Public School No. 47. About 1915. James Suydam.

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