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5th Street & Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 5th Street - Driggs Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: 5th Street - Driggs Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: 5th Street - Driggs Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: 5th Street - Driggs Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 5th Street - Driggs Avenue, 1941

Photo 1 of 2 at 5th Street & Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 5th Street - Driggs Avenue

1941

North 5th Street, east from Driggs Avenue. View 1 shows the German Evangelical Lutheran Church on the north side of the street between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Street. View 2 is east from the latter and shows St. Dominick's school. P. L. Perr view 1: Neg. No. A-964 view 2: Neg. No. A-965 September 16, 1941 Views 1,2

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