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Bedford Avenue & DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - DeKalb Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - DeKalb Avenue

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - DeKalb Avenue, 1942

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Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - DeKalb Avenue

1942

Brooklyn. Bedford Avenue adjoin. N.E. corner DeKalb Ave. July 8, 1942. P. L. Sperr.

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