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Jamaica Avenue & Ashford Street, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here between 1895 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street, 1895–1941

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street

    1895; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Street - Ashford Street, 1895–1923

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Street - Ashford Street

    1895; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Street - Ashford Street, 1895–1923

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Street - Ashford Street

    1895; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street, 1895–1941

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street

    1895; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street, 1895–1941

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street

    1895; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Street - Ashford Street, 1895–1923

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Street - Ashford Street

    1895; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street, 1923–1941

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street

    1923; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street, 1923–1941

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street

    1923; 1941

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Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street, 1923–1941

Photo 7 of 8 at Jamaica Avenue & Ashford Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Ashford Street

1923; 1941

(1) Jamaica Ave., north side, opposite Ashford Street, in Highland park, showing the Isaac Cornell Schenck house. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster collection. (2) The same, another view. (This house formerly on the north side of Jamaica Ave., between Monroe Street and Eldert Ave., was built in either 1760 or 1705 and remodeled on several occasions; once in 1792, by Isaac Cornell, and again in 1811, by Judge Schenck). April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, showing a closer view of the house. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. For additional data see "The New York Herald Tribune," April 6, 1941.

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