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Flushing Avenue & Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flushing Avenue - Franklin Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Flushing Avenue - Franklin Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Franklin Avenue - Wallabout Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Franklin Avenue - Wallabout Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn - Franklin Avenue - Wallabout Street

    Brooklyn - Franklin Avenue - Wallabout Street

    Unknown

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Brooklyn: Franklin Avenue - Wallabout Street, 1941

Photo 2 of 3 at Flushing Avenue & Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Franklin Avenue - Wallabout Street

1941

Franklin Avenue, east side, at Wallabout Street, looking north. On the right, at the southeast corner, is the Donohue Boiler Works; at the northeast corner is the Tole Morgan optical instruments factory. P. L. Sperr April 12, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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