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Lafayette Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1910

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue

    1910

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1927–1940

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue

    1927; 1934; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1927–1940

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue

    1927; 1934; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1927–1940

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue

    1927; 1934; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1927–1940

Photo 3 of 6 at Lafayette Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Vanderbilt Avenue

1927; 1934; 1940

Lafayette Avenue, south side, east from Vanderbilt to Clinton Avenues, showing an old frame dwelling and the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church. P. L. Sperr View 1: August 2, 1927 View 2: July 22, 1934 View 3: October 12, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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