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Hamilton Avenue & Smith Street, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Smith Street - Woodpoint Road, 1940

    Brooklyn: Smith Street - Woodpoint Road

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Smith Street - Woodpoint Road, 1940

    Brooklyn: Smith Street - Woodpoint Road

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Smith Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Smith Street - Hamilton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Smith Street - Woodpoint Road, 1940

    Brooklyn: Smith Street - Woodpoint Road

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street, 1940

Photo 4 of 8 at Hamilton Avenue & Smith Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Smith Street

1940

Hamilton Avenue, east side, at Smith Street, showing plant No. 1 of the Devoe and Raynolds Company, paint manufacturers. The building was demolished later in the year to facilitate the widening of the avenue as part of the Belt Parkway. ViCV1NReg.NIe A-1o26 September 7, 1940 P. L. Sperr (2) The Gowanus Canal side of the factory, seen from the south end of the bridge. October 23, 1940 P. L. Sperr

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