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Bay Street & Henry Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Bay Street - Henry Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Bay Street - Henry Street

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Bay Street - Henry Street, 1937

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Brooklyn: Bay Street - Henry Street

1937

Bay Street (in center of view), between Henry (left) and Clinton Streets (right), showing the Red Hook Play Center as seen from the grain elevator at the foot of Columbia Street. This is also a general view north showing the mid-skyline of Brooklyn. October 8, 1937. P.L. Sperr.

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