
Bronx: Ferris Avenue - Jay Place
(1) Ferris Ave., north from Jay Place, showing the avenue being reconstructed as the main approach to the new Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. In the distant background is visible St. Joseph's Institute for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes. May 1, 1938. P. L. Sperr. (2) North along the avenue from near Philip Ave. May 1, 1938. P. L. Sperr. (3) Looking north across the west side of the road, from a point below Lafayette Ave., and showing one of the units of St. Joseph's Institute for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes. May 1, 1938. P. L. Sperr.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
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