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Sumpter Street & Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1924, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Sumpter Street - Rockaway Avenue, 1924

    Brooklyn: Sumpter Street - Rockaway Avenue

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Sumpter Street - Rockaway Avenue, 1924

    Brooklyn: Sumpter Street - Rockaway Avenue

    1924

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Sumpter Street - Rockaway Avenue, 1924

Photo 2 of 2 at Sumpter Street & Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Sumpter Street - Rockaway Avenue

1924

(1) 311-313 Sumpter Street, north side, just west of Rockaway Ave. A view of an old home standing on the line of the old Jamaica Turnpike. July 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from a different angle. July 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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