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Sands Street & Jay Street, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1927, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Sands Street - Seaside Boulevard, 1927

    Brooklyn: Sands Street - Seaside Boulevard

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Sands Street - Jay Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Sands Street - Jay Street

    1927

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Sands Street - Seaside Boulevard, 1927

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

Brooklyn: Sands Street - Seaside Boulevard

1927

117-119 Sands Street, north side, at the Manhattan Bridge, showing the Immaculate Conception Day Nursery and Kindergarten. November 1, 1927. P. L. Sperr.

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