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Burke Avenue & Mickle Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Burke Avenue - Mickle Avenue, 1936

    Bronx: Burke Avenue - Mickle Avenue

    1936

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Bronx: Burke Avenue - Mickle Avenue, 1936

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Bronx: Burke Avenue - Mickle Avenue

1936

Burke Ave., at Mickle Ave. W.P.A. men are shown constructing a barrier near an embankment leading down to the tracks of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad. The houses in the background are on Mickle Ave; on the east side of the tracks. November 12, 1936. Works Progress Administration. Federal Art Project photo.

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