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19th Avenue & 54th Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 19th Avenue - 54th Street, 1935

    Brooklyn: 19th Avenue - 54th Street

    1935

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Brooklyn: 19th Avenue - 54th Street, 1935

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Brooklyn: 19th Avenue - 54th Street

1935

19th Avenue, south from 54th Street. January 21, 1935 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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