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3rd Avenue & 49th Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 49th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 49th Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 49th Street, 1940

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Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 49th Street

1940

3rd Avenue, at the S. W. corner of 49th Street, seen from underneath the B. M. T. elevated structure. September 8, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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