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  • Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 171., 1930

    Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 171.

    1930

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Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 171., 1930

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Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 171.

1930

Ridgewood Avenue, south side, from Nichols to Lincoln Avenues, showin g Public School No. 171. Board of Education of the City of New York Early 1930's

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