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Park Place & 6th Avenue, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1935, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Park Place - 6th Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Park Place - 6th Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Park Place - 6th Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Park Place - 6th Avenue

    1935

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Park Place - 6th Avenue, 1935

Photo 2 of 2 at Park Place & 6th Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Park Place - 6th Avenue

1935

Park Place, west from 6th Avenue, showing a W. P. A. sewer project and the Culver Line "El" on 6th Avenue. September, 1935 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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