Bronx: 138th Street (East) - Grand Concourse

1937

Bronx: 138th Street (East) - Grand Concourse

E. 138th Street, at he S.W.corner of Grand Concourse, showing the W. P. A. erecting a trailer camp to accommodate the American Legionnaires, who arrived for their 1937 convention. In rear of the camp is the New York Central Railroad bridge spanning the Harlem River. Sept.14,1937 W.P.A. Photo Five Boroughs Project (2) The same, a few days later. Sept.17, 1937 W.P.e, Photo Five Boroughs Project (3) Part of the trailer camp site, viewed northwestward across E. 138th Street. The five story factory is at the N.W. corner of Walton Avenue. Sept. 14, 1937 W.P.S. Photo Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection