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  • Public Works - [Brooklyn]., 1935

    Public Works - [Brooklyn].

    1935

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Public Works - [Brooklyn]., 1935

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Public Works - [Brooklyn].

1935

34th Street, west from near 4th Avenue, showing a sewer project being conducted by the Works Progress Administration. September 23, 1935 Works Progress Administration Photograph. Five Boroughs Project

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