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42nd Street & 12th Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

    1922

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue, 1922

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Brooklyn: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue

1922

1250-42nd Street, south side, between Thirteenth Avenue (left) and Twelfth Avenue (right), showing the home of Jacob Keiser in 1922. August 5, 1922. W. B. Vernam

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