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33rd Street & 5th Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 33rd Street - 5th Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: 33rd Street - 5th Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 33rd Street - 5th Avenue, 1941

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Brooklyn: 33rd Street - 5th Avenue

1941

N.W. corner of 33rd St. & 5th Ave., B'klyn. Nov. 5, 1941 P.L. Sperr, photographer

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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