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Columbia Street & Degraw Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1935 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Degraw Street, 1935

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Degraw Street

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Degraw Street, 1935

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Degraw Street

    1935

  • Tenements & storefronts; The Modern Stores : 186 Columbia St.-Degraw St. , Brooklyn, 1936

    Tenements & storefronts; The Modern Stores : 186 Columbia St.-Degraw St. , Brooklyn

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Degraw Street, 1935

Photo 1 of 3 at Columbia Street & Degraw Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Degraw Street

1935

Columbia Street, east side, northward from No 183, just south of Degraw Street. August 10, 1935

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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