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Bedford-Stuyvesant pyre

View of severely damaged two-story house with porch and pediment after fire. Caption: "Bedford-Stuyvesant pyre: A charred shell is all that remains of 175 Monroe St., which was swept by a flash fire early today, killing Mr. and Mrs. Willie Terry and routing 30 families from two adjoining buildings that were also damaged by the flames."

IMAGE DATE1952
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