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Prospect Park Plaza, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1926, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza., 1926; 1926-06

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza.

    1926; 1926-06

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza, 1926-06

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza

    1926-06

  • Brooklyn: President Street - Prospect Park West, 1926

    Brooklyn: President Street - Prospect Park West

    1926

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza, 1926-06

Photo 2 of 3 at Prospect Park Plaza, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza

1926-06

Prospect Park,Plaza: A general view east from the Knights of Columbus Building located at the N.W. corner of President Street and Prospect Park West, showing in the foreground the Memorial Arch. In the center of the view, east from Flatbush Ave., (trolley car thereon) is Eastern Parkway. The buildings on the south side of the Parkway are the Mt. Prospect Reservoir, and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; on the north side in their order are the Union Temple of Brooklyn, the Copley Plaza Apartments (under construction), the Abraham Lincoln, etc. June 1926. Brown Brothers.

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