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President Street & Rochester Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: President Street - Rochester Avenue, 1926

    Brooklyn: President Street - Rochester Avenue

    1926

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Brooklyn: President Street - Rochester Avenue, 1926

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Brooklyn: President Street - Rochester Avenue

1926

1731-1737 President Street, north side, 165 ft. West of Rochester Avenue (right not shown) showing the home of Jacob Gerber (No. 1733, center house) in 1926. March 9, 1926. W. S. Vernan

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