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Marine Parkway Bridge, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here in 1937, oldest first.

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  • Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

    Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

    1937

  • Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

    Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

    1937

  • Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

    Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

    1937

  • Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

    Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

    1937

  • Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

    Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

    1937

  • Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

    Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

    1937

  • Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

    Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

    1937

  • Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

    Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

    1937

  • Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

    Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

    1937

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Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.], 1937

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Bridges - Marine Parkway Bridge - [Rockaways - Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.]

1937

Marine Parkway Bridge: A set of three views, showing the bridge connecting the Rockaways with Brooklyn via Flatbush Ave. Also seen are the former ferry slips, now obsolete, which formerly carried the traffic that now uses the bridge. July 24, 1937 Views 1,2 and 3 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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