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8th Avenue & 150th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 150th Street, 1941

    Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 150th Street

    1941

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Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 150th Street, 1941

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Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 150th Street

1941

8th Ave., north of 150th St. from corner of Macomb's Pl. Jan. 8, 1941 P.L. Sperr, photographer

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