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Tillary St & Jay St, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Jay St., 1931

    Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Jay St.

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Jay St., 1931

    Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Jay St.

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Jay St., 1939

    Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Jay St.

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Jay St., 1931

Photo 1 of 3 at Tillary St & Jay St, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Tillary St. - Jay St.

1931

Tillary Street, west from Jay Street, showing more of the south side of the street. The 6-story white building is the Brooklyn Edison Company Building, at Pearl Street, and beyond that, across the "El," is a corner of the United States Post Office. In the left background is the Montague-Court Building. View 1: June 2, 1931 View 2: September 9, 1939 View 1 shows the S.E. corner of Tillary and Jay Streets, Tillary being on the left, standing to Lawrence Street; Jay Street is on the right. The cleared area is the same as that seen on the right in view 1, where the building was razed. P. L. Sperr

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