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Shore Boulevard & Beaumont Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - Beaumont Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - Beaumont Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - Beaumont Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - Beaumont Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - Beaumont Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - Beaumont Street

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - Beaumont Street, 1936

Photo 3 of 3 at Shore Boulevard & Beaumont Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - Beaumont Street

1936

Shore Boulevard (left), west from near Beaumont Street and viewing across Sheepshead Bay. Thespiles mark the limit of the new waterfront bulkhead which is being erected by the W. P. A. in conjunction with the widening of the thoroughfare an additional twenty feet. Shore Boulevard is also visible in the background (trees thereon), where it forms a right angle at West End Avenue. View 1: June 24, 1936 View 2: July 7, 1936 View 3: September 11, 1936 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

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