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Published
March 20, 2013
Grant Circle and Petworth in 1916
1916 map of Grant Circle and surrounding neighborhood of Petworth.
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This is a set of maps from 1916, showing a very different, and sparsely developed
Petworth
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map of Grant Circle in 1916
map of Grant Circle in 1916
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