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Emmons Avenue & East 23rd Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 23rd Street (East), 1923–1933

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 23rd Street (East)

    1923; 1933

  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 23rd Street (East), 1923–1933

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 23rd Street (East)

    1923; 1933

  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Bedford Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Bedford Avenue

    1936

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Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 23rd Street (East), 1923–1933

Photo 1 of 3 at Emmons Avenue & East 23rd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 23rd Street (East)

1923; 1933

(1) Emmons Ave., north side, at, adjoining and east of East 23rd Street. The houses concerned are frame. July 13, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, showing the "Lewis House!", known as the F. Fritz Hotel in 1860? and the Linderman's Hotel and grove in 1873? December 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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