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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)

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Visitation Place, 1938

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Brooklyn: Columbia Street - Visitation Place

1938

Columbia Street, west side, north from Visitation Place, showing in the foreground between Visitation Place and Verona Streets, Nos. 424 to 408 Columbia Street. Most of this area has been taken by a Federal low cost housing project. June 9, 1938. P. L. Sperr

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