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Henry Street & Rapelye Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Rapelye Street, 1930

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Rapelye Street

    1930

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Henry Street - Rapelye Street, 1930

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Brooklyn: Henry Street - Rapelye Street

1930

Henry Street, at the southwest corner of Rapelye Street, showing Public School No. 142. The view is south on the west side of Henry Street and shows also the Lutheran Church of Our Savior. Board of Education of the City of New York early 1930's

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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