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Myrtle Avenue & Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Vernon Ave. - Marcy Ave., 1923

    Brooklyn: Vernon Ave. - Marcy Ave.

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Marcy Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Marcy Avenue

    1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Marcy Avenue, 1929

Photo 2 of 2 at Myrtle Avenue & Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Myrtle Avenue - Marcy Avenue

1929

875-893 Myrtle Ave., north side, between Marcy and Tompkins Aves., showing 9 cottages known as "Doctor's Row". April 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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