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Crotona Avenue & Fordham Road, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Crotona Avenue - Fordham Road (East), 1938

    Bronx: Crotona Avenue - Fordham Road (East)

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Bronx: Crotona Avenue - Fordham Road (East), 1938

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Bronx: Crotona Avenue - Fordham Road (East)

1938

Crotona Avenue, east side, south from E. Fordham Road. On the left, beyond the rocks, is Public School No. 74. May 12, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

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