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Broadway & Lorimer Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1935 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Lorimer Street - Broadway Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Lorimer Street - Broadway Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Throop Ave. - Lorimer St., 1935

    Brooklyn: Throop Ave. - Lorimer St.

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Broadway - Lorimer Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Broadway - Lorimer Street

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Broadway - Lorimer Street, 1941

Photo 3 of 3 at Broadway & Lorimer Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Broadway - Lorimer Street

1941

Broadway at Lorimer Street, showing the "El" station, seen from Middletown Street. September 25, 1941 P.L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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