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Clermont Avenue & Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clermont Avenue, 1920

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clermont Avenue

    1920

  • Brooklyn: Clermont Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1927

    Brooklyn: Clermont Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Clermont Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1927

    Brooklyn: Clermont Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Clermont Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Clermont Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clermont Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clermont Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clermont Avenue, 1941

Photo 5 of 5 at Clermont Avenue & Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clermont Avenue

1941

Lafayette Avenue, at the northwest corner of Clermont Avenue. P. L. Sperr September 19, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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