Nearly Century-Old Vintage Photographs of The Bronx

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Beach Avenue looking north at Gleason Avenue in Soundview in 1915. At the end of the street you can see PS 47 which still stands but today would barely be visible from this same vantage point as the 6 train obscures the view. Image Credit: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. “Bronx: Beach Avenue – Gleason Avenue” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1915.

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