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8th Avenue & President Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 8th Avenue - President Street, 1928

    Brooklyn: 8th Avenue - President Street

    1928

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 8th Avenue - President Street, 1928

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Brooklyn: 8th Avenue - President Street

1928

Eighth Avenue, west side between President and Union Streets. This is a view of 90 Eighth Avenue, formerly the home of C. T. Christensen, and later of Timothy Lester Woodruff, Park Commissioner of Brooklyn and three times Lieutenant Governor of New York State. 1928.

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