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Gildersleeve Avenue & Soundview Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Gildersleeve Avenue - Soundview Avenue, 1940

    Bronx: Gildersleeve Avenue - Soundview Avenue

    1940

  • Bronx: Gildersleeve Avenue - Soundview Avenue, 1940

    Bronx: Gildersleeve Avenue - Soundview Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Gildersleeve Avenue - Soundview Avenue, 1940

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Bronx: Gildersleeve Avenue - Soundview Avenue

1940

Gildersleeve Avenue, north side, west of Soundview Avenue, showing the Patterson Athletic and Social Club. August 21, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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