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East 53rd Street & Avenue N, Brooklyn

13 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

    1923; 1925

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Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N, 1922

Photo 2 of 13 at East 53rd Street & Avenue N, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Avenue N

1922

(1) East 53rd Street, east side and north of Ave. N, showing the Garret Williamson Farm-house, built in 1798 by the Stoothoff family and occupied by J. Williamson from 1857 to 1860, and by John Williamson from 1860-1873. About 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same; from another angle. About 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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