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Johnson Street & Pearl Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Johnson Street, 1929

    Brooklyn: Johnson Street

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Johnson Street - Pearl Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Johnson Street - Pearl Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Johnson Street - Pearl Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Johnson Street - Pearl Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Johnson Street - Pearl Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Johnson Street - Pearl Street

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Johnson Street - Pearl Street, 1939

Photo 3 of 4 at Johnson Street & Pearl Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Johnson Street - Pearl Street

1939

Johnson Street, north side, from Jay to Pearl Streets, showing the rear of a row of very old frame and brick dwellings fronting on the aforementioned side of the thoroughfare. The view is southwestward from Jay Street. In the background is the Montague Court Building. P. L. Sperr View 1: April 3, 1936 View 2: August 23, 1939 View 3: Sept. 6, 1939 View 4: Johnson Street, seen from Duffield St. View 5: N.W. Corner Johnson St. and Fleet Place.

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