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Amersfort Place & Glenwood Road, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - 27th Street (East), 1923

    Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - 27th Street (East)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - 27th Street (East), 1923

    Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - 27th Street (East)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road, 1929

    Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road, 1925–1929

    Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - Glenwood Road

    1925; 1929

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Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - 27th Street (East), 1923

Photo 5 of 7 at Amersfort Place & Glenwood Road, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Amersfort Place - 27th Street (East)

1923

(1) Amersfort Place, south side, between East 27th and 28th Streets. A view of the George Van Nuyse alias Ditmas House, built by Geo. Van Nuyse in 1827. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster, Collection. (2) Same, from another angle. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster, Collection.

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