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Columbia Heights, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1926, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Columbia Heights - Orange Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Columbia Heights - Orange Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Heights - Orange Street, 1923

    Brooklyn: Columbia Heights - Orange Street

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Heights - Orange Street, 1923

    Brooklyn: Columbia Heights - Orange Street

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Furman Street - William Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: Furman Street - William Street

    1925

  • General View - Columbia Heights - Brooklyn., 1926

    General View - Columbia Heights - Brooklyn.

    1926

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Brooklyn: Columbia Heights - Orange Street, 1922

Photo 1 of 5 at Columbia Heights, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Columbia Heights - Orange Street

1922

106-112 Columbia Heights, west side, north of Orange Street, showing the center house (No. 110) in which Col. Washington A. Roebling lived. It was from the rear room on the second floor that he watched and directed the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, being ably assisted in this work by his wife. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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