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Smith Street & 3rd Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1928 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Smith Street - 3rd Street, 1928–1932

    Brooklyn: Smith Street - 3rd Street

    1928; 1932

  • Brooklyn: Smith Street - 3rd Street, 1928–1932

    Brooklyn: Smith Street - 3rd Street

    1928; 1932

  • Brooklyn: Smith Street - 3rd Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Smith Street - 3rd Street

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Smith Street - 3rd Street, 1928–1932

Photo 2 of 3 at Smith Street & 3rd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Smith Street - 3rd Street

1928; 1932

(1) Smith Street, north from 3rd Street, at the right. At the left, work is in progress on the new Eighth Ave., Subway. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing Smith Street, four years later, after the subway was constructed. In the foreground, right, is Second Street. June 5, 1932. P. L. Sperr.

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