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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: President Street - Prospect Park West, 1926

Photo 3 of 3 at Prospect Park Plaza, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: President Street - Prospect Park West

1926

President Street, south side, (right) west of Prospect Park West, to and including Eighth Ave., showing in the right background the steeples of St. Francis Xavier R.C. Church. This general view west was taken from the Knights of Columbus Building, located at the N.W. corner of Prospect Park West (No. 1) and President Street. June 1926. Brown Brothers.

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