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Emmons Avenue & Ford Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street, 1923–1933

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street

    1923; 1933

  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street, 1923–1933

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street

    1923; 1933

  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street, 1933

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street

    1933

  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street

    1940

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Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street, 1923–1933

Photo 2 of 4 at Emmons Avenue & Ford Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - Ford Street

1923; 1933

(1) 3127-29 Emmons Ave., north side, between Ford and Coyle Streets. Houses concerned are frame. July 13, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a more complete view, showing the Seaview rooming house. December 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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