Flashback: When Roosevelt Island Was Blackwell's Island

<p>circa 1905</p>

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circa 1905

Gothamist

<p>circa 1933</p>

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circa 1933

Gothamist

<p>circa 1885</p>

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circa 1885

Gothamist

<p>circa 1899</p>

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circa 1899

Gothamist

<p>"Library for the Blind, teaching adult blind, city house, Blackwell's Island, woman and man on porch."</p>

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"Library for the Blind, teaching adult blind, city house, Blackwell's Island, woman and man on porch."

Gothamist

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