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Morris Avenue & East 140th Street, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Morris Avenue - 140th Street (East), 1941

    Bronx: Morris Avenue - 140th Street (East)

    1941

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Bronx: Morris Avenue - 140th Street (East), 1941

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Bronx: Morris Avenue - 140th Street (East)

1941

Morris Avenue, at the northeast corner of E. 140th Street. Corrugated paper and other paper waste materials are bought and sold here. The tall tenement fronts on E, 141st Street. P. L. Sperr April 29, 1941

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