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Pitkin Avenue & Shepherd Avenue, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Shepherd Avenue - Pitkin Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: Shepherd Avenue - Pitkin Avenue

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Shepherd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Shepherd Avenue

    1940

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Brooklyn: Shepherd Avenue - Pitkin Avenue, 1922

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Brooklyn: Shepherd Avenue - Pitkin Avenue

1922

440 Shepherd Avenue, west side, 125 ft., south of Pitkin Avenue, (right, not shown) showing the home of Peter Lo Re in 1922. May 22, 1922. W. B. Vernam

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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