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Edgecombe Avenue & West 136th Street, Manhattan

1 historical photo taken here in 1920.

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  • Manhattan: Edgecombe Avenue - 136th Street (West), 1920

    Manhattan: Edgecombe Avenue - 136th Street (West)

    1920

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Edgecombe Avenue - 136th Street (West), 1920

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Manhattan: Edgecombe Avenue - 136th Street (West)

1920

Edgecomb Avenue and West 136th Street, showing P.S. 136 1920.

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