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3rd Avenue & 88th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 88th Street, 1932

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 88th Street

    1932

  • Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 88th Street, 1937

    Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 88th Street

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 88th Street, 1937

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Manhattan: 3rd Avenue - 88th Street

1937

Third Ave., west side, north of East 88th Street and showing at 89th Street, a station of the Third Ave. Elevated Line. November 14, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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