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Lyman Avenue & Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island

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  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Lyman Avenue, 1935

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Lyman Avenue

    1935

  • Richmond: Lyman Avenue - Tompkins Avenue, 1935

    Richmond: Lyman Avenue - Tompkins Avenue

    1935

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Lyman Avenue, 1935

Photo 1 of 2 at Lyman Avenue & Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island

Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Lyman Avenue

1935

Tompkins Ave., at Lyman Ave. (foreground, not seen). The view is northward along the South Beach branch of the Staten Island Railroad, showing its Fort Wadsworth station (Fingerboard Road station), at Fingerboard Road. The latter road spans the tracks directly beyond the station. On the left are seen the rears of buildings facing on the south side of Fingerboard Road. August 23, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

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