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Fulton Street & Brooklyn Avenue

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  • The Orpheum Theatre, 1905

    The Orpheum Theatre

    1905

  • Brooklyn: Fulton Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Fulton Street

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Brooklyn Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Brooklyn Avenue

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Brooklyn Avenue, 1942

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Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Brooklyn Avenue

1942

Fulton St. at Brooklyn Ave. & westward, B'klyn. May 14, 1942 P.L. Sperr, photographer

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