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Flushing Avenue & Sumner Place, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flushing Avenue - Sumner Place, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flushing Avenue - Sumner Place

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flushing Avenue - Sumner Place, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flushing Avenue - Sumner Place

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Sumner Place - Flushing Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Sumner Place - Flushing Avenue

    1941

  • Humboldt Street at Flushing Avenue, to Northeast, Brooklyn, 1941-09-25

    Humboldt Street at Flushing Avenue, to Northeast, Brooklyn

    1941-09-25

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Sumner Place - Flushing Avenue, 1941

Photo 3 of 4 at Flushing Avenue & Sumner Place, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Sumner Place - Flushing Avenue

1941

Sumner Pl. near s.e. corner of Flushing Ave., B'klyn. Sept. 25, 1941 P.L. Sperr, photographer

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