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5th Avenue & 84th Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1922, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - 84th Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - 84th Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - 84th Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - 84th Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - 84th Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - 84th Street

    1922

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - 84th Street, 1922

Photo 1 of 3 at 5th Avenue & 84th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - 84th Street

1922

(1) Fifth Ave., at the N.W. corner of 84th Street, showing the Voorhies farmhouse. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing the farm before, streets were cut thru it. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. NEG, #5031 (3) The same, another view. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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