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Avenue M & East 53rd Street, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1922, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Avenue M - 53rd Street (East), 1922

    Brooklyn: Avenue M - 53rd Street (East)

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Avenue M - 53rd Street (East), 1922

    Brooklyn: Avenue M - 53rd Street (East)

    1922

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Avenue M - 53rd Street (East), 1922

Photo 2 of 2 at Avenue M & East 53rd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Avenue M - 53rd Street (East)

1922

(1) Ave. M, on the line of East 53rd Street, just north of Mill Lane, showing the Van Dyke Homestead, occupied by that family from 1835 to 1873. This house burned down on April 18, 1922. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from another angle. 1922 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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