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Bay Street & Townsend Avenue, Staten Island

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  • Richmond: Bay Street - Townsend Avenue, 1931

    Richmond: Bay Street - Townsend Avenue

    1931

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Richmond: Bay Street - Townsend Avenue, 1931

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Richmond: Bay Street - Townsend Avenue

1931

Bay Street, west side, north from Townsend (left) to Norwood Avenues. May 1, 1931 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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