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Pitkin Avenue & Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Rockaway Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Rockaway Avenue

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Rockaway Avenue, 1936

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Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Rockaway Avenue

1936

Pitkin Ave., north side, east from Rockaway Ave. May 8, 1936. P. L. Sperr. Neg # 1812 (8x10 Neg)

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