Vintage Photos of Halloween in Brooklyn; Google Popup Shop is Open; Secrets of Rikers Island

Rikers Island | Aerial view of Rikers Island in the East River in the Bronx, New York.

<strong>Date of Original:</strong> 12-23-1957

<strong>Source:</strong> New York State Archives, Aerial photographic prints and negatives of New York State sites, 1941-1957, B1598-99.

<strong>For More Information:</strong> <a href="http://iarchives.nysed.gov/dmsBlue/viewImageData.jsp?id=138893" rel="nofollow">New York State Archives Digital Collections</a>
Rikers Island | Aerial view of Rikers Island in the East River in the Bronx, New York. Date of Original: 12-23-1957 Source: New York State Archives, Aerial photographic prints and negatives of New York State sites, 1941-1957, B1598-99. For More Information: New York State Archives Digital Collections

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