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Powers Street & Union Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Powers Street - Union Avenue, 1937

    Brooklyn: Powers Street - Union Avenue

    1937

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Brooklyn: Powers Street - Union Avenue, 1937

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Brooklyn: Powers Street - Union Avenue

1937

21-27 Powers Street, north side, between Union Ave. and Lorimer Street, showing a blacksmith shop. October 12, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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