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Washington St & Prospect St, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Washington St. - Prospect St., 1926

    Brooklyn: Washington St. - Prospect St.

    1926

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Washington St. - Prospect St., 1926

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Brooklyn: Washington St. - Prospect St.

1926

Washington Street, north from Prospect Street, to the Manhattan Bridge, and the East River. June 1926. Brown Brothers.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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