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Lorraine Street & Hicks Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Hicks Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Hicks Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Hicks Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Hicks Street

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Hicks Street, 1938

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Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Hicks Street

1938

81-85 Lorraine Street, north side, 100 ft. west of Hicks Street (right, not shown). In the center of the view is seen No. 83 which is partially located in the rear of two homes and contains a front garden which is unusual for this area. June 9, 1938. P. L. Sperr

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