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St. Edwards Street & Auburn Place, Brooklyn

13 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place, 1927–1941

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place

    1927; 1941

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place, 1927–1940

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place

    1927; 1940

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place, 1927–1941

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place

    1927; 1941

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place, 1927–1940

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place

    1927; 1940

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place, 1927–1941

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place

    1927; 1941

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place, 1934

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place

    1934

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place, 1934

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place

    1934

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place, 1939–1940

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place

    1939; 1940

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place, 1939–1940

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place

    1939; 1940

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place, 1939–1940

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place

    1939; 1940

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place, 1939–1941

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place

    1939; 1941

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place, 1939–1941

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place

    1939; 1941

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place, 1939–1941

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Auburn Place

    1939; 1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place, 1927–1940

Photo 4 of 13 at St. Edwards Street & Auburn Place, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Leo Place

1927; 1940

St. Edwards Street, east side, north from Leo Place to Tillary Street, showing Public School No. 67 and several tenements and an old church, which were later demolished to make way for the erection of an addition to the elementary school. The tenements are numbers 77, 67, and 65. The church edifice is St. Augustines Protestant Episcopal Church and is number 69-75. October 31, 1927 P.L. Sperr (2) The new addition to Public School No. 67. April 27, 1940 P.L. Sperr

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