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Prospect Park, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1928 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Plaza Street - Lincoln Place, 1928

    Brooklyn: Plaza Street - Lincoln Place

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Plaza Street - Lincoln Place, 1928

    Brooklyn: Plaza Street - Lincoln Place

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Plaza Street - St. Johns Place, 1930

    Brooklyn: Plaza Street - St. Johns Place

    1930

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1937

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1937

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1937

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1937

Photo 4 of 6 at Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

1937

Prospect Park Entrance: The arch at the Grand Army Plaza, erected in honor of the Civil War dead. Views 2 and 3 show also The Towers, an apartment house at Flatbush Avenue and St. Johns Place. about 1900 P. L. Sperr January 1, 1937

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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