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Boerum Place & Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here in 1942, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Boerum Place - Atlantic Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Boerum Place - Atlantic Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Boerum Place - Atlantic Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Boerum Place - Atlantic Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Boerum Place, 1942

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Boerum Place

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Boerum Place

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Boerum Place

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Boerum Place, 1942

Photo 3 of 4 at Boerum Place & Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Boerum Place

1942

[On back of photo:] P.L. Sperr, photographer 6-16-1942 [On front of card upon which photo is mounted (NYPL link):] Brooklyn PACIFIC ST. E. across BOERUM PL. [and, handwritten in upper R corner:] 249 / B3

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