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Tilden Ave & 55th St. E, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Tilden Ave. - 55th St. E., 1936

    Brooklyn: Tilden Ave. - 55th St. E.

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Tilden Ave. - 55th St. E., 1936

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Brooklyn: Tilden Ave. - 55th St. E.

1936

Tilden Avenue, west from East 55th Street, showing W. P. A. highway project operations. August 11, 1936 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

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