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18th Avenue & 72nd Street, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1925, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 72nd Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 72nd Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 72nd Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 72nd Street

    1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 72nd Street, 1925

Photo 1 of 2 at 18th Avenue & 72nd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 72nd Street

1925

(1) Eighteenth Ave., west side, about 60 feet south of 72nd Street. now (1937) a brick 3-story house (No. 7210) occupies the site. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, another view. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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