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Brook Avenue & Southern Boulevard, Bronx

4 historical photos taken here in 1937, oldest first.

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  • Bronx: Brook Avenue - Southern Boulevard, 1937

    Bronx: Brook Avenue - Southern Boulevard

    1937

  • Bronx: 134th Street (East) - Brook Avenue, 1937

    Bronx: 134th Street (East) - Brook Avenue

    1937

  • Bronx: Brook Avenue - Southern Boulevard

    Bronx: Brook Avenue - Southern Boulevard

    Unknown

  • Bronx: Brook Avenue - Southern Boulevard

    Bronx: Brook Avenue - Southern Boulevard

    Unknown

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Bronx: Brook Avenue - Southern Boulevard, 1937

Photo 1 of 4 at Brook Avenue & Southern Boulevard, Bronx

Bronx: Brook Avenue - Southern Boulevard

1937

Brook Ave., west side, north from Southern Boulevard to East 135th Street and showing a gas station at the N.W. corner of the Boulevard. Factory buildings, shown face on the south side of East 134th Street, between Brook and Brown Aves. May 11, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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