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Whipple St & Throop Ave, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1931 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 168., 1931

    Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 168.

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Whipple St. - Throop Ave., 1941

    Brooklyn: Whipple St. - Throop Ave.

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Whipple St. - Throop Ave., 1941

    Brooklyn: Whipple St. - Throop Ave.

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Whipple St. - Throop Ave., 1941

    Brooklyn: Whipple St. - Throop Ave.

    1941

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Brooklyn: Whipple St. - Throop Ave., 1941

Photo 4 of 4 at Whipple St & Throop Ave, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Whipple St. - Throop Ave.

1941

Whipple Street, at Throop Avenue. View 1 is east from Throop Avenue to Broadway, showing the south side of the street; view 2, west from Throop to Flushing Avenues, along the south side of the street. P. L. Sperr September 25, 1941 Views 1,2

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