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West Farms Road, Bronx

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  • Bronx: West Farms Road., 1936

    Bronx: West Farms Road.

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: West Farms Road., 1936

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Bronx: West Farms Road.

1936

1660-1662 West Farms Road, east side, between East 172nd and East 174th Streets, showing the yard of the Bell Scrap Iron and Metal Corporation. The view is in a southerly direction as seen from the head of East 173rd Street. P. L. Sperr. April 4, 1936.

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