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  • Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 121., 1929

    Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 121.

    1929

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Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 121., 1929

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Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 121.

1929

20th Avenue, east side, from 53rd to 54th Streets, showing Public School No. 121. The view is from 54th Street. Board of Education of the City of New York September 16, 1929

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