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  • Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 159., 1930

    Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 159.

    1930

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Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 159., 1930

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Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 159.

1930

Pitkin Avenue, north side, from Hemlock to Crescent Streets, showing Public School No. 159. Board of Education of the City of New York Early 1930's

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