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Reservoir Oval East, Bronx

3 historical photos taken here in 1928, oldest first.

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  • Bronx: Reservoir Oval East - Reservoir Place, 1928

    Bronx: Reservoir Oval East - Reservoir Place

    1928

  • Bronx: Reservoir Oval East - Reservoir Place, 1928

    Bronx: Reservoir Oval East - Reservoir Place

    1928

  • Bronx: Putnam Place - Oval Reservoir East, 1928

    Bronx: Putnam Place - Oval Reservoir East

    1928

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Reservoir Oval East - Reservoir Place, 1928

Photo 1 of 3 at Reservoir Oval East, Bronx

Bronx: Reservoir Oval East - Reservoir Place

1928

(1) Reservoir Oval East, east side, north from a point south of Reservoir Place, to and including Putnam Place. The two unit 6-story apartment house is at the N.E. corner of the latter Street and is called the Oritsch Hall. On the left is the boundary of Williams Bridge Reservoir. June 6, 1928. (2) A closer view of the same. June 6, 1928.

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