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Columbia Street & Bay Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Bay Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Bay Street

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Bay Street, 1931

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Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Bay Street

1931

560 Columbia Street, west side, between Bay and Sigourney Streets. A view of a home built frame shack typical in this neighborhood. June 6, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

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