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4th Avenue & 25th Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

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Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 25th Street

1940

4th Avenue, south from 25th Street, this being the west side of the avenue. P. L. Sperr July 21, 1940

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