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Islands - Barren Island - Bathers near dyke for new airport fill - [Rockaway Pier.]
(1) Bathers of Barren Island, near the dyke for the new airport fill. July 5, 1931 P.L. Sperr. (2) The same, showing a closer view of the Rockaway Pier, seen partly in No. 1. July 5, 1931. P.L. Sperr. (3) The same, another view. July 5, 1931. P.L. Sperr.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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