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Bedford Avenue & Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1941 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - Jefferson Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - Jefferson Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - Jefferson Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - Jefferson Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Jefferson Avenue - Bedford Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Jefferson Avenue - Bedford Avenue

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - Jefferson Avenue, 1941

Photo 1 of 3 at Bedford Avenue & Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Bedford Avenue - Jefferson Avenue

1941

Bedford Avenue, at the southeast corner of Jefferson Avenue, showing Public School No. 3. P.L. Sperr (photographer) August 30, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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