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Clay Street & Commercial Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here in 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street

    1936

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Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street, 1936

Photo 4 of 4 at Clay Street & Commercial Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Clay Street - Commercial Street

1936

Clay Street, at Commercial Street, viewing westward toward the latter and showing operations on a W. P. A. sewer project. On the north side of Commercial Street is a coal yard, on Newtown Creek. Views 3 & 4 are in the opposite (eastward) direction, the houses bearing numbers 11 to 19 Clay Street. Views 1,2,3,4: July 22, 1936 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

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