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Elmore Place & Avenue P, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Elmore Place - Avenue P, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: Elmore Place - Avenue P

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Elmore Place - Avenue P, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: Elmore Place - Avenue P

    1923; 1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Elmore Place - Avenue P, 1923–1925

Photo 1 of 2 at Elmore Place & Avenue P, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Elmore Place - Avenue P

1923; 1925

(1) 1669 Elmore Place (East 22nd Street), at the S.E. corner of Ave. P., showing the William Bennett house, which was erected in 1766 for Andrew and Henry Wyckoff who sold it in 1835, to Cornelius W. Bennett together with 100 acres. It has remained in the Bennett family up to the present time. In the 1870's, this house was turned so that it faced west instead (south?). April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, another view. February 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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