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Pacific Street & Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn

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

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  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Pacific Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Pacific Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Pacific Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Pacific Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue

    1942

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Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1940

Photo 4 of 8 at Pacific Street & Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Buffalo Avenue

1940

1 & 2 Pacific Street, east from Buffalo Avenue. Note the tent, on the left, which is a colored woman's Evangelist's place. P. L. Sperr view 1: Neg. A-1042 view 2: Neg. A-1043 3. Same as above. P.L. Sperr, photographer July 13, 1940 Views 1,2 Aug. 2, 1941

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