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West 138th Street & Lenox Avenue, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 138th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue, 1920

    Manhattan: 138th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue

    1920

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Manhattan: 138th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue, 1920

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Manhattan: 138th Street (West) - Lenox Avenue

1920

21 West 138th Street, north side between Lenox Avenue and Fifth Avenue showing P.S. 100. Board of Education, N.Y.C. 1920.

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