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Apartment building, Manhattan

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  • Apartment building; office of S. O'Brien Payne M.D.: 237 W 142nd St-7th Av-8th Av, Manhattan, 1938

    Apartment building; office of S. O'Brien Payne M.D.: 237 W 142nd St-7th Av-8th Av, Manhattan

    1938

  • Apartment building; office of S. O'Brien Payne M.D.: 237 W 142nd St-7th Av-8th Av, Manhattan, 1938

    Apartment building; office of S. O'Brien Payne M.D.: 237 W 142nd St-7th Av-8th Av, Manhattan

    1938

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Apartment building; office of S. O'Brien Payne M.D.: 237 W 142nd St-7th Av-8th Av, Manhattan, 1938

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Apartment building; office of S. O'Brien Payne M.D.: 237 W 142nd St-7th Av-8th Av, Manhattan

1938

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