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Herkimer Street & Prescott Place, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Herkimer Street - Prescott Place, 1940

    Brooklyn: Herkimer Street - Prescott Place

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Prescott Place - Herkimer Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Prescott Place - Herkimer Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Herkimer Street - Prescott Place, 1940

    Brooklyn: Herkimer Street - Prescott Place

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Herkimer Street - Prescott Place, 1940

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Brooklyn: Herkimer Street - Prescott Place

1940

Herkimer Street, north side, between Prescott and Bancroft Places, showing Public School No. 28. P. L. Sperr July 13, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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