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Jerome Avenue & Shakespeare Avenue, Bronx

2 historical photos taken here between 1917 and 1919, oldest first.

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  • Bronx: Jerome Avenue - Shakespeare Avenue, 1917

    Bronx: Jerome Avenue - Shakespeare Avenue

    1917

  • Bronx: Jerome Avenue - Shakespeare Avenue, 1919

    Bronx: Jerome Avenue - Shakespeare Avenue

    1919

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Bronx: Jerome Avenue - Shakespeare Avenue, 1919

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Bronx: Jerome Avenue - Shakespeare Avenue

1919

1171 to 1187 Jerome Ave., west side, at its intersection with Shakespeare Ave., showing Judge Smith's Hotel. It was built about 1850 and was demolished between 1919 and 1923 (G.W.Bromley maps). On its site were later erected nine one-story brick buildings. Gift of Randall Comfort. 1919.

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