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Dekalb Avenue & Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Dekalb Avenue - Clinton Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Dekalb Avenue - Clinton Avenue

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Dekalb Avenue - Clinton Avenue, 1942

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Brooklyn: Dekalb Avenue - Clinton Avenue

1942

Brooklyn DeKalb Ave. at Clinton from Vanderbilt Ave. P.L. Sperr 7-8-42

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