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Fordham Road & Bathgate Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Fordham Road (East) - Bathgate Avenue, 1938

    Bronx: Fordham Road (East) - Bathgate Avenue

    1938

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Bronx: Fordham Road (East) - Bathgate Avenue, 1938

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Bronx: Fordham Road (East) - Bathgate Avenue

1938

E. Fordham Road, south side, west from Bathgate to Washington Avenues, showing Theodore Roosevelt High school. The view is from Lorillard Place. May 12, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

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