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Union Avenue & 161st Street, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Union Avenue - 161st Street, 1924

    Bronx: Union Avenue - 161st Street

    1924

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Bronx: Union Avenue - 161st Street, 1924

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Bronx: Union Avenue - 161st Street

1924

887 and 889 (left to right) Union Ave., north of the N.W. corner of East 161st Street. About 1924. W. B. Vernam.

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