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Dekalb Avenue & Cumberland Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Dekalb Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Dekalb Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Dekalb Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1940

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Brooklyn: Dekalb Avenue - Cumberland Street

1940

DeKalb Avenue,east from and across Cumberland Street. October 10, 1940 P. L. Sperr

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