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South Street & Jefferson Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: South Street - Jefferson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: South Street - Jefferson Street

    1929

  • Manhattan: South Street - Jefferson Street, 1929

    Manhattan: South Street - Jefferson Street

    1929

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Manhattan: South Street - Jefferson Street, 1929

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Manhattan: South Street - Jefferson Street

1929

South Street, north side, east from Jefferson, to and including Clinton Streets, showing the Freeborn Buildings (foreground) occupied by the Fidelity Warehouse Co. These buildings, Nos. 271-274, are at the N.E. corner. They were erected in 1859. Adjoining same, are the S. W. Driggs storehouse, which bear Nos. 275-280. March 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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