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Shore Road & 68th Street, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1928 and 1930, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street, 1928

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street, 1928

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street, 1929

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street, 1929

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street, 1929

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street

    1929

  • Upper New York Bay -- North Shore Road, foot of 68th Street (Brooklyn), 1929–1930

    Upper New York Bay -- North Shore Road, foot of 68th Street (Brooklyn)

    1929; 1930

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Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street, 1928

Photo 1 of 6 at Shore Road & 68th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Shore Road - 68th Street

1928

(1) Shore Road, east side, north of 68th Street, showing the Bliss Mansion in Owl's Head Park. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, another view. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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