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Atlantic Avenue & Howard Avenue, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Howard Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Howard Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Howard Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Howard Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Howard Avenue, 1940

Photo 1 of 2 at Atlantic Avenue & Howard Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Howard Avenue

1940

Atlantic and Howard Avenues, s.e. cor., Brooklyn P. L. Sperr, photographer July 13, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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