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Columbia Street & Visitation Place, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1938, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Pioneer Street - Dwight Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Pioneer Street - Dwight Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Visitation Place, 1938

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Visitation Place

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Columbia Street - 9th Street (West)

    Brooklyn: Columbia Street - 9th Street (West)

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Pioneer Street - Dwight Street, 1938

Photo 1 of 3 at Columbia Street & Visitation Place, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Pioneer Street - Dwight Street

1938

Pioneer Street, east from Dwight Street to Columbia Street, showing also homes in the background on the east side of Columbia Street between center and W. 9th Street. June 9, 1938. P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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