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Banker Street & Meserole Avenue, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1935, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Banker Street - Meserole Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Banker Street - Meserole Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Banker Street - Meserole Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Banker Street - Meserole Avenue

    1935

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Brooklyn: Banker Street - Meserole Avenue, 1935

Photo 1 of 2 at Banker Street & Meserole Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Banker Street - Meserole Avenue

1935

Banker Street, north from Meserole Avenue. On the right is the Rubin paper box factory, and in the left background are tenements on the west side of Franklin Street extending north from Calyer to Oak Streets. View 2 shows a closer view of the Franklin Street tenements and W.P.A. men working on a highway project at Calyer Street. June 27, 1935 Views 1,2 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

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