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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: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue, 1940

Photo 1 of 13 at Myrtle Avenue & Cumberland Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Cumberland Street - Myrtle Avenue

1940

Cumberland Street, east side, north from (No. 77) a point between Myrtle and Park Avenues, viewing toward and across the latter. October 10, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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