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Manhattan: 8th Avenue - 155th Street (West)

Eighth Avenue, at West 155th Street, showing various aspects of this locale. View No. 1 is northward along the line of the Avenue showing the "El" trains thereupon. At the left is the baseball park, the Polo Grounds. View No. 2 is eastward showing the viaduct carrying 155th Street over this point. In the background is the Bronx shore of the Harlem River. Beyond the 155th Street Bridge appears the super structures of the Yankee Stadium and the new Borough Hall Building. No. 3 is limited to the viaduct entrances to the "El" at the left and the Street at the right. The view is northward. Note High Bridge
is the distance.
June 5, 1940
No's. 1-2-3
P. L. Speer

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