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Bush Street & Columbia Street, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here in 1938, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Bush Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Bush Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Bush Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Bush Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street

    1938

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Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street, 1938

Photo 7 of 7 at Bush Street & Columbia Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Bush Street - Columbia Street

1938

Bush Street, north side, east of Columbia Street. June 9, 1938. P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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