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Harlem River Bridges, Manhattan

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  • Bridges - Harlem River Bridges - University Heights Bridge - [View from Cedar Avenue in Bronx.], 1937

    Bridges - Harlem River Bridges - University Heights Bridge - [View from Cedar Avenue in Bronx.]

    1937

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Bridges - Harlem River Bridges - University Heights Bridge - [View from Cedar Avenue in Bronx.], 1937

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Bridges - Harlem River Bridges - University Heights Bridge - [View from Cedar Avenue in Bronx.]

1937

Harlem River Bridges: The University Heights Bridge across the Harlem River at West 207th Street in Manhattan (left), as viewed westerly from Cedar Ave. in the Bronx. December 26, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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