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Morris Park Avenue & Wallace Avenue, Bronx

3 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Bronx: Morris Park Avenue - Wallace Avenue, 1940

    Bronx: Morris Park Avenue - Wallace Avenue

    1940

  • Bronx: Morris Park Avenue - Wallace Avenue, 1940

    Bronx: Morris Park Avenue - Wallace Avenue

    1940

  • Bronx: Morris Park Avenue - Wallace Avenue, 1940

    Bronx: Morris Park Avenue - Wallace Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Morris Park Avenue - Wallace Avenue, 1940

Photo 1 of 3 at Morris Park Avenue & Wallace Avenue, Bronx

Bronx: Morris Park Avenue - Wallace Avenue

1940

Morris Park Avenue, north side, west from Wallace to Hunt Avenues, showing the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Solace. The church proper is at the N. W. corner of Holland Avenue and adjoining it on the west is the parish house (views 2,3). Two units of the parochial school are at the N. E. corner of Holland Avenue. June 22, 1940 Views 1,2,3 P. L. Sperr

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