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East 5th Street & Pitt Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 5th Street (East) - Pitt Street, 1920

    Manhattan: 5th Street (East) - Pitt Street

    1920

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Manhattan: 5th Street (East) - Pitt Street, 1920

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Manhattan: 5th Street (East) - Pitt Street

1920

728 East 5th Street, south side between Pitt and Avenue D, and East 4th and East 5th Streets, showing P.S. 15, 4th street side. Board of Education, N.Y.C. 1920.

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