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Marcy Avenue & Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Putnam Avenue, 1912

    Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Putnam Avenue

    1912

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Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Putnam Avenue, 1912

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Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Putnam Avenue

1912

Marcy Ave., at the N.W. corner of Putnam Ave., showing the Boys High School. About 1912. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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