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Jefferson Street & Broadway, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Jefferson Street - Broadway, 1925

    Brooklyn: Jefferson Street - Broadway

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Jefferson Street - Broadway, 1932

    Brooklyn: Jefferson Street - Broadway

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Stuyvesant Avenue - Broadway, 1932

    Brooklyn: Stuyvesant Avenue - Broadway

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Vernon Ave. - Stuyvesant Ave., 1936

    Brooklyn: Vernon Ave. - Stuyvesant Ave.

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Broadway - Stuyvesant Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Broadway - Stuyvesant Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Broadway - Stuyvesant Avenue, 1941

Photo 5 of 5 at Jefferson Street & Broadway, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Broadway - Stuyvesant Avenue

1941

Broadway, at Stuyvesant Avenue, looking north up the latter and showing the Corn Exchange Bank and the "EL". P. L. Sperr September 13, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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