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Kings Highway & East 49th Street, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1926, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East), 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East)

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East), 1923–1926

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East)

    1923; 1925; 1926

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East), 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East)

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East), 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East)

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East), 1923–1926

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East)

    1923; 1925; 1926

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East), 1923–1926

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East)

    1923; 1925; 1926

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Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East), 1923–1925

Photo 4 of 6 at Kings Highway & East 49th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 49th Street (East)

1923; 1925

(1) Kings Highway, at the N.W. corner of East 49th Street, near Ave. H, showing the James Ditmars farmhouse. May 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from another angle. September 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, a closer view of the house. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. ASSUMING STREET TO BE NORTH AND SOUTH

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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