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Evergreen Avenue & Hancock Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Evergreen Avenue - Hancock Street, 1930–1931

    Brooklyn: Evergreen Avenue - Hancock Street

    1930; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Evergreen Avenue - Hancock Street, 1930–1931

    Brooklyn: Evergreen Avenue - Hancock Street

    1930; 1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Evergreen Avenue - Hancock Street, 1930–1931

Photo 1 of 2 at Evergreen Avenue & Hancock Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Evergreen Avenue - Hancock Street

1930; 1931

(1) Evergreen Ave., south side, between Hancock and Weirfield Streets, showing barns belonging to the Duryea estate. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, another view. This land was owned by William Covert in 1855. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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