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Bronx: Waldo Avenue - 238th Street (West)
1926

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Bronx: Waldo Avenue - 238th Street (West)

1926

A panoramic view northeastward across the car yards of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co.; the elevated structure of the I.R.T. Van Cortlandt Park subway and its 242nd Street station, on Broadway; and Van Cortlandt Park, as seen from the N.E. corner of Waldo Ave. and West 238th Street. May 1926. Brown Brothers.

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