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Columbia Street & Amity Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1937 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Congress Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Congress Street

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Amity Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Amity Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Amity Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Amity Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Amity Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Amity Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Amity Street, 1940

Photo 2 of 4 at Columbia Street & Amity Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Amity Street

1940

Columbia Street, north from Amity Street to Atlantic Avenue. View 2 is from Pacific Street, one block north of Amity Street, the buildings in the background being on the north side of Atlantic Avenue. October 15, 1940 Views 1,2,3 P. L. Sperr

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