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Claver Place & Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here in 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Claver Place - Jefferson Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Claver Place - Jefferson Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Claver Place - Jefferson Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Claver Place - Jefferson Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Jefferson Avenue - Claver Place, 1941

    Brooklyn: Jefferson Avenue - Claver Place

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Claver Place - Jefferson Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Claver Place - Jefferson Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Claver Place - Jefferson Avenue, 1941

Photo 4 of 4 at Claver Place & Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Claver Place - Jefferson Avenue

1941

Claver Place, at the southeast corner of Jefferson Avenue, showing the St. Peter Claver Church. P. L. Sperr view 1: Neg.No. A-1029 view 2: Neg.No. A-1030 August, 1941 Views 1-3

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