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Shore Road & 72nd Street, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - 72nd Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - 72nd Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - 72nd Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - 72nd Street

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Shore Road - 72nd Street, 1922

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Brooklyn: Shore Road - 72nd Street

1922

Shore Road, east side, south of 72nd Street, showing a building on land which at one time belonged to John L. Bennett. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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