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Dwight Street & Wolcott Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here in 1938, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Dwight Street - Wolcott Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Dwight Street - Wolcott Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Wolcott St. - Dwight St., 1938

    Brooklyn: Wolcott St. - Dwight St.

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Wolcott St. - Otsego St., 1938

    Brooklyn: Wolcott St. - Otsego St.

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Dwight Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Dwight Street

    1938

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Brooklyn: Wolcott St. - Otsego St., 1938

Photo 3 of 4 at Dwight Street & Wolcott Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Wolcott St. - Otsego St.

1938

Wolcott Street (left, foreground) between Otsego Street (right) and Dwight Street (left). At the right foreground is Lorraine Street. In the background is Dwight Street going off at a tangent. The garage beyond the gas station is on the N.W. corner of Dwight and Sullivan Streets. The steeple seen in the background is a part of the Roman Catholic Church of the visitation. June 9, 1938. P. L. Sperr

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