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Myrtle Avenue & Cumberland Street, Brooklyn

13 historical photos taken here between 1940 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1942

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street, 1941

Photo 8 of 13 at Myrtle Avenue & Cumberland Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Cumberland Street

1941

Myrtle Avenue, north side, between Cumberland and St. Edwards Streets, showing the vast area where hundreds of old tenements were torn down and where Fort Greene Houses will be erected. The Views (except 3) are north-westward across this area from Cumberland (1) and North Oxford Streets and show also the Cumberland Hospital. View 3 from St. Edwards Street. P. L. Sperr April 22, 1941 Views 1,2,3

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