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Brooklyn Avenue & Prospect Place

10 historical photos taken here between 1928 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Brooklyn Ave., 1929-01

    Brooklyn: Brooklyn Ave.

    1929-01

  • Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place, 1934

    Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place, 1934

    Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place, 1934

    Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place, 1934

    Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place, 1934

    Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place

    1934

  • Prospect Avenue at, to , Brooklyn, 1940-07-22

    Prospect Avenue at, to , Brooklyn

    1940-07-22

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Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place, 1934

Photo 5 of 10 at Brooklyn Avenue & Prospect Place

Brooklyn: Brooklyn Avenue - Prospect Place

1934

(1) Brooklyn AVe., east side, between Prospect and Park Places, showing the Children's branch of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. October 11, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, another angle. October 11, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

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