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Poplar Street, Brooklyn

16 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights, 1922

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Willow St. - Middagh St., 1922

    Brooklyn: Willow St. - Middagh St.

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Willow Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Willow Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights, 1922

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Palmer Boulevard, 1925

    Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Palmer Boulevard

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Willow Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Willow Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Poplar Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Poplar Street

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St., 1932

    Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St.

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Willow Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Willow Street

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St., 1932

    Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St.

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Columbia Heights, 1932

    Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Columbia Heights

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St., 1936

    Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St.

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Hicks Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Hicks Street

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Willow Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Willow Street

    1939

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  • Hicks Street & Cranberry Street, Brooklyn (8 photos)
  • Fulton Street & Hicks Street, Brooklyn (13 photos)
  • Columbia Heights, Brooklyn (4 photos)
  • Middagh Street & Hicks Street, Brooklyn (9 photos)
  • Cranberry Street & Willow Street, Brooklyn (6 photos)
  • Henry Street & Middagh Street, Brooklyn (6 photos)
  • Columbia Heights, Brooklyn (5 photos)
  • Orange Street & Hicks Street, Brooklyn (19 photos)

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Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights, 1922

Photo 6 of 16 at Poplar Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights

1922

3 Poplar Street, east of Columbia Heights, showing the home of Mrs. Car-man (nee Snediker). 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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