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Tilden Ave & 49th St. E, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Tilden Ave. - 49th St. E., 1935

    Brooklyn: Tilden Ave. - 49th St. E.

    1935

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Brooklyn: Tilden Ave. - 49th St. E., 1935

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Brooklyn: Tilden Ave. - 49th St. E.

1935

Tilden Avenue, west from and across E. 49th Street, showing a W. P. A. highway project. In the background is Holy Cross Cemetery. September 25, 1935 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

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