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East 216th Street & Barnes Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: 216th Street (East) - Barnes Avenue, 1928

    Bronx: 216th Street (East) - Barnes Avenue

    1928

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Bronx: 216th Street (East) - Barnes Avenue, 1928

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Bronx: 216th Street (East) - Barnes Avenue

1928

762 East 216th Street, at the S.W. corner of Barnes Ave., showing St. Mary's Roman Catholic School. The view is northward across an empty lot as seen from East 215th Street. May 25, 1928. P. L. Sperr.

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