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Lafayette Avenue & Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Marcy Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Marcy Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Marcy Avenue, 1941

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Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Marcy Avenue

1941

Lafayette Avenue, at the northwest corner of Marcy Avenue. P. L. Sperr August 26, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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