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5th Avenue & Garfield Place, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - Garfield Place, 1942

    Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - Garfield Place

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - Garfield Place, 1942

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Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - Garfield Place

1942

P.L. Sperr, photographer 5-31-1942

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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