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Washington Avenue & East 189th Street, Bronx

2 historical photos taken here in 1905, oldest first.

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  • Bronx: Washington Avenue - 189th Street (East), 1905

    Bronx: Washington Avenue - 189th Street (East)

    1905

  • Bronx: Washington Avenue - 189th Street (East), 1905

    Bronx: Washington Avenue - 189th Street (East)

    1905

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Bronx: Washington Avenue - 189th Street (East), 1905

Photo 1 of 2 at Washington Avenue & East 189th Street, Bronx

Bronx: Washington Avenue - 189th Street (East)

1905

Washington Avenue, east side, between E. 189th Street and E. Fordham Road, showing the Powell Farm House. The southwest section of Theodore Roosevelt High School now (1939) occupies the site. About 1905

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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