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Lott Place & East 40th Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Lott Place - 40th Street (East), 1928

    Brooklyn: Lott Place - 40th Street (East)

    1928

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Lott Place - 40th Street (East), 1928

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Brooklyn: Lott Place - 40th Street (East)

1928

Lott Place, west from East 40th Street to Flatbush Ave. Also seen is Flatbush Ave., between Flatlands Ave., and Kings Highway, showing the Marine Theatre, a "movie"-house, in the center. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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