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Lincoln Place & 8th Avenue, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1901 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Lincoln Place - 8th Avenue, 1901

    Brooklyn: Lincoln Place - 8th Avenue

    1901

  • Brooklyn: Lincoln Place - 8th Avenue, 1928

    Brooklyn: Lincoln Place - 8th Avenue

    1928

  • Brooklyn: St. Johns Place - 8th Avenue, 1928

    Brooklyn: St. Johns Place - 8th Avenue

    1928

  • Brooklyn: 8th Avenue - St. John's Place, 1929

    Brooklyn: 8th Avenue - St. John's Place

    1929

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Brooklyn: Lincoln Place - 8th Avenue, 1901

Photo 1 of 4 at Lincoln Place & 8th Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Lincoln Place - 8th Avenue

1901

Lincoln Place (right) at the N.E. corner of Eighth Avenue, showing in a set of two views the Montauk Club. See History of Architectural and Bldg. Trades, Vol I., of N.Y., 1899. F. H. Kimball was the architect. It is a copy of the Ca. D' Oro located on the Grand Canal in Venice Italy. Under the figures in View No. 2 is this inscription "1650- Wyandance - Suchane - Pamannack, his wife and his son Wiankabone gave a deed to Lion Gardiner of Sagbrook, east Hapton, Long Island: July 13, 1650." About 1901 Views 1 and 2 Harper & Bros. View 1- Neg # 1367 view 2

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