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Tillary St & Washington St, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Washington St., 1938

    Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Washington St.

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Washington St., 1938

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Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Washington St.

1938

Tillary Street, from Washington (tracks thereon) to Adams Streets (elevated structure thereon). August 24, 1938. P.L. Sperr

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