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Cortelyou Road & 40th Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 40th Street, 1925–1928

    Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 40th Street

    1925; 1928

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Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 40th Street, 1925–1928

Photo 1 of 1 at Cortelyou Road & 40th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 40th Street

1925; 1928

(1) Cortelyou Road, south side, west of East 40th Street, showing the Michel Cummings house (foreground) which was occupied by W. Cummings in 1873; and now falling into decay. Also seen are rears of houses which face East 39th Street. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same area, further westward, showing also the Holy Cross Cemetery at the right. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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