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Surf Ave & Jones Walk, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1875 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Surf Ave. - Jones Walk, ca. 1875

    Brooklyn: Surf Ave. - Jones Walk

    ca. 1875

  • Brooklyn: Jones Walk - Bowery, 1923

    Brooklyn: Jones Walk - Bowery

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Surf Ave. - Jones Walk, 1924

    Brooklyn: Surf Ave. - Jones Walk

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Surf Ave. - Jones Walk, 1936

    Brooklyn: Surf Ave. - Jones Walk

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Jones Walk - Bowery, 1923

Photo 2 of 4 at Surf Ave & Jones Walk, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Jones Walk - Bowery

1923

(1) Jones Walk, south from Bowery, showing Feltman's in the background. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, looking north. December 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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