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Kent Avenue & Broadway, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1931 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway, 1934

    Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway

    1934

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Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway, 1931

Photo 2 of 5 at Kent Avenue & Broadway, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Broadway

1931

(1) Kent Ave., south of Broadway, showing in the left background, the Williamsburg Bridge. In the left background, is what remains of the Municipal Ferry, to Grand Street New York City. The pipes in the foreground, are a part of the Columbia Steel Tube Company. March 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from a closer angle. March 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

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