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Thwaites Place & Olinville Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Thwaites Place - Olinville Avenue, 1938

    Bronx: Thwaites Place - Olinville Avenue

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Thwaites Place - Olinville Avenue, 1938

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Bronx: Thwaites Place - Olinville Avenue

1938

Thwaites Place, west from Olinville Avenue. April 3, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

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