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Central Park entrance, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Central Park entrance., 1945

    Manhattan: Central Park entrance.

    1945

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Central Park entrance., 1945

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Manhattan: Central Park entrance.

1945

Central Park. Seventh Avenue entrance. P.L. Sperr collection Rec'd January 13, 1945

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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