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Jerome Avenue & East 205th Street, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Jerome Avenue - 205th Street (East), 1936

    Bronx: Jerome Avenue - 205th Street (East)

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Jerome Avenue - 205th Street (East), 1936

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Bronx: Jerome Avenue - 205th Street (East)

1936

Jerome Ave., north from East 205th Street (right) to Van Cortlandt Ave. East, showing the elevated structure of the I.R.T. Woodlawn subway line and houses on the east side of the Avenue. Works Progress Administration. Federal Art Project photo. December 3, 1936.

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