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Sands Street & Adams Street, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1930, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Sands Street - Adams Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: Sands Street - Adams Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Sands Street - Adams Street, 1930

    Brooklyn: Sands Street - Adams Street

    1930

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Sands Street - Adams Street, 1925

Photo 1 of 2 at Sands Street & Adams Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Sands Street - Adams Street

1925

(1) 56-66 Sands Street, south side, between Adams and Pearl Streets. The building in the foreground, is at Adams Street. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, viewed in the opposite direction. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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