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19th Street & 6th Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 19th Street - 6th Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: 19th Street - 6th Avenue

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 19th Street - 6th Avenue, 1936

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Brooklyn: 19th Street - 6th Avenue

1936

19th Street, west from 6th Avenue, showing a W. P. A. sewer project. April 8, 1936 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

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