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11th Avenue & 31st Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 31st Street, 1927

    Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 31st Street

    1927

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Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 31st Street, 1927

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Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 31st Street

1927

Eleventh Avenue, east side, between 31st and 32nd Streets, showing New York Central freight yards. May 17, 1927. P.L. Sperr, Photographer.

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