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Bergen Street & Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Franklin Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Franklin Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Franklin Avenue, 1941

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Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Franklin Avenue

1941

Bergen Street, north side, west from Franklin Avenue, showing the old H. J. Heinz buildings. P. L. Sperr September 6, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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