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Shore Road & Wakeman Place, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1928 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - Wakeman Place, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - Wakeman Place

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - Wakeman Place, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - Wakeman Place

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Shore Road - Wakeman Place, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Shore Road - Wakeman Place

    1928; 1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Shore Road - Wakeman Place, 1928–1929

Photo 2 of 3 at Shore Road & Wakeman Place, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Shore Road - Wakeman Place

1928; 1929

(1) Shore Road, at Wakeman Place, showing the Owl's Head Observatory at right in the park. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same; a view from the opposite direction, showing a plant of the Brooklyn Edison Co., at the left. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, at a later date showing Wakeman Place completed. April 29, 1929. P. L. Sperr.

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