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Fairview Avenue & Wadsworth Terrace, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Fairview Avenue - Wadsworth Terrace, 1927

    Manhattan: Fairview Avenue - Wadsworth Terrace

    1927

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Manhattan: Fairview Avenue - Wadsworth Terrace, 1927

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Manhattan: Fairview Avenue - Wadsworth Terrace

1927

South on Fairview Avenue from south of Wadsworth Terrace. October 26, 1927. P.L. Sperr, Photographer.

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