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Prospect Avenue & East 155th Street, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Prospect Avenue - 155th Street (East), 1938

    Bronx: Prospect Avenue - 155th Street (East)

    1938

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Bronx: Prospect Avenue - 155th Street (East), 1938

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Bronx: Prospect Avenue - 155th Street (East)

1938

699 to 719 Prospect Avenue, west side, at E. 155th Street. The view is northward. April 26, 1938. P.L. Sperr

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