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3rd Avenue & 38th Street, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 38th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 38th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 38th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 38th Street

    1940

  • 39th Street - Third Avenue looking west, 1940-07-21

    39th Street - Third Avenue looking west

    1940-07-21

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 39th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 39th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 39th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 39th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 38th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 38th Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 39th Street, 1940

Photo 5 of 6 at 3rd Avenue & 38th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 39th Street

1940

view 1: Third Avenue, e.s., north fr. 39th Street, Brooklyn. view 2: 39th Street adj. n.e. cor. Third Avenue, Brooklyn. P. L. Sperr, photographer July 21, 1940

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