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3rd Street & Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here between 1917 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Driggs Avenue - 3rd Street (South), 1917

    Brooklyn: Driggs Avenue - 3rd Street (South)

    1917

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Street (South) - Driggs Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: 3rd Street (South) - Driggs Avenue

    1935

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 3rd Street (South) - Driggs Avenue, 1935

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Brooklyn: 3rd Street (South) - Driggs Avenue

1935

South 3rd Street, north side, east from Driggs Ave., showing Public School No. 50. August 9, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

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