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Brooklyn: 78th Street - 6th Avenue
1923
Brooklyn: 78th Street - 6th Avenue
1923

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Photo 1 of 2 at 78th Street & 6th Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 78th Street - 6th Avenue

1923

(1) 610 78th Street, at the S.E. corner of Sixth Ave., showing the Denyse home and nursery. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing a rear view and the north side of 78th Street. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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