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Ave. V & 5th St. W, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Ave. V - 5th St. W., 1923

    Brooklyn: Ave. V - 5th St. W.

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Ave. V - 5th St. W., 1923

    Brooklyn: Ave. V - 5th St. W.

    1923

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Ave. V - 5th St. W., 1923

Photo 1 of 2 at Ave. V & 5th St. W, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Ave. V - 5th St. W.

1923

(1) 221 Ave. V., north side, just east of West 5th Street, showing the Lake house. April 1923. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, showing at right Lake Place. The two houses are at the S.W. corner of Ave. V., and West 5th Street. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster collection.

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