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West 218th Street & Park Terrace East, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: 218th Street (West) - Park Terrace East, 1936

    Manhattan: 218th Street (West) - Park Terrace East

    1936

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Manhattan: 218th Street (West) - Park Terrace East, 1936

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Manhattan: 218th Street (West) - Park Terrace East

1936

West 218th Street (center of view, running from left to right and partially obscured by trees), west from Park Terrace East (extreme left), to Indian Road (right, not seen), showing Baker Field-Columbia University as viewed southward across it from its northern boundary; the Harlem River. On the left is shown the practice gridiron, to its right (foreground); the varsity baseball field and across it, the intercollegiate football field. 1936. W.P.A. Photo. Federal Writers Project.

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