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Edgecombe Avenue & 140th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Edgecombe Avenue - 140th Street, 1920

    Manhattan: Edgecombe Avenue - 140th Street

    1920

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Manhattan: Edgecombe Avenue - 140th Street, 1920

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Manhattan: Edgecombe Avenue - 140th Street

1920

122 Edgecomb Avenue, east side between West 141st Street, and 140th Street, showing P.S. 5. Board of Education, N.Y.C. 1920.

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