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Pacific Street & Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Kingston Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Kingston Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Kingston Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Kingston Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Kingston Avenue, 1940

Photo 2 of 2 at Pacific Street & Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Kingston Avenue

1940

1497 to 1481 Pacific Street, north side, west from Kingston Avenue. The buildings on the left, in Spanish architectural design, comprise the Brooklyn Training School and Home for Young Girls. View 2 shows the frame house immediately preceding the girls' school, bearing numbers 1493-95. September 12, 1940 P. L. Sperr

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