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Hamilton Avenue & Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here between 1935 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Public Works - [Brooklyn]., 1935

    Public Works - [Brooklyn].

    1935

  • Tenements & storefronts; Summit Paint Corp.: Summit St.-Hamilton Av-Columbia St., Brooklyn, 1936

    Tenements & storefronts; Summit Paint Corp.: Summit St.-Hamilton Av-Columbia St., Brooklyn

    1936

  • Industrial buildings; Tod's Café: Summit St.-Hamilton Av-Columbia St., Brooklyn, 1936

    Industrial buildings; Tod's Café: Summit St.-Hamilton Av-Columbia St., Brooklyn

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Van Brunt Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Van Brunt Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Van Brunt St. - Hamilton Ave., 1939

    Brooklyn: Van Brunt St. - Hamilton Ave.

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Summit Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Summit Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Van Brunt St. - Hamilton Ave., 1939

    Brooklyn: Van Brunt St. - Hamilton Ave.

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Van Brunt Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Van Brunt Street

    1939

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Industrial buildings; Tod's Café: Summit St.-Hamilton Av-Columbia St., Brooklyn, 1936

Photo 3 of 8 at Hamilton Avenue & Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn

Industrial buildings; Tod's Café: Summit St.-Hamilton Av-Columbia St., Brooklyn

1936

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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