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Avenue R & East 35th Street, Brooklyn

15 historical photos taken here between 1895 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R, 1895–1903

    Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R

    1895; 1903

  • Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R, 1895–1903

    Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R

    1895; 1903

  • Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R, 1904–1922

    Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R

    1904; 1922

  • Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R, 1904–1922

    Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R

    1904; 1922

  • Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R, 1904–1922

    Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R

    1904; 1922

  • Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R, 1910

    Brooklyn: 35th Street (East) - Avenue R

    1910

  • Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East), 1922

    Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East)

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East), 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East)

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East), 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East)

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East), 1922

    Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East)

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East), 1922

    Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East)

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East), 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East)

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East), 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East)

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East), 1922

    Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East)

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 35th Street - Avenue R, 1935

    Brooklyn: 35th Street - Avenue R

    1935

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East), 1922–1923

Photo 8 of 15 at Avenue R & East 35th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Avenue R - 35th Street (East)

1922; 1923

(1) Ave. R, at about East 35th Street, showing a view of the beams of the razed Johannes Lott barn. This property, upon which stood the house and barns, was purchased from Coert Voorhies in 1719 for $(?)11,000. A section of the house was completed in 1775. This house was subsequently moved to about 1940 East 36th Street, by Hendrick I. Lott, in the middle of the 19th century. He added the extensions to the house. After many years of unoccupancy it was demolished after Set. 1905. May 12, 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing more of the old barn beams. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same as No. 2. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) A more extensive view, and showing some of the surrounding area. Note on the left, the remains of the house foundation. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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