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Utica Ave, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1933, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1923

    Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1923

    Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1923

    Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1923

    Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1923

    Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1923

    Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1933

    Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

    1933

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Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy., 1923

Photo 4 of 9 at Utica Ave, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Utica Ave. - Kings Hwy.

1923

Utica Ave., west side, south of King's Highway, showing the Garret Kouwenhoven farm house, occupied by him from 1860 to 1873. This house, which was destroyed by fire in 1925, stood on part of lands thought to have comprised the Kouwenhoven private estate on the Great Flat which was devised by Willem Willemsen in 1769 to his son Garrett. At the left, is seen the Mrs. James Ditmars farm-house, west of Utica Ave., and east of King's Highway, occupied by Mrs.. James Ditmars from 1860 to 1873. March 1923, Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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