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York Avenue & 77th Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: York Avenue - 77th Street, 1920

    Manhattan: York Avenue - 77th Street

    1920

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: York Avenue - 77th Street, 1920

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Manhattan: York Avenue - 77th Street

1920

1458 York Avenue, east side between East 77th and East 78th Streets, showing P.S. 158. Board of Education, N.Y.C. 1920.

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