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Plimpton Avenue & Boscobel Avenue, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Plimpton Avenue - Boscobel Avenue, 1940

    Bronx: Plimpton Avenue - Boscobel Avenue

    1940

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Bronx: Plimpton Avenue - Boscobel Avenue, 1940

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Bronx: Plimpton Avenue - Boscobel Avenue

1940

Plimpton Avenue, east side, between Boscobel Avenue and W. 172nd Street. The 2-story white building (left) is the Beth Hamedrash Hagodol of University Heights. June 20, 1940 P. L. Sperr

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