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  • Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 63rd St., 1930

    Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 63rd St.

    1930

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Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 63rd St., 1930

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Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 63rd St.

1930

Sunbeam Day Nursery, 1147 First Avenue, adjoining S.W. corner of 63rd Street. December 22, 1930. P.L. Sperr, Photographer.

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